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  2. Patch User Guides

    BigFix Patch provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console.

  3. Patch for Open SUSE Leap 15 User's Guide

    BigFix Patch for Open SUSE Leap 15 provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Open SUSE Leap 15 endpoints.

  4. Using BigFix Patch for OpenSUSE Leap 15

    Use the Fixlets on the Linux™ RPM Patching and the various Patches for OpenSUSE Leap 15 Fixlet sites to apply patches to your deployment.

  5. Supersedence
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  • Patch User Guides

    BigFix Patch provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console.

    • Patch for Windows User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for Windows™ provides Fixlets for Microsoft™ security and non-security patches. Dashboards, wizards, and reports aid you in managing updates for various endpoint devices.

    • Patch for AIX User's Guide

      BigFix® for Patch for AIX® provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility, and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all AIX endpoints.

    • Patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility, and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Red Hat Enterprise Linux endpoints.

    • Patch for CentOS Linux User's Guide

      BigFix® Patch for CentOS Linux™ provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all CentOs endpoints.

    • Patch for Amazon Linux User's Guide

      BigFix® Patch for Amazon Linux™ provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Amazon Linux endpoints.

    • Patch for SUSE Linux Enterprise User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for SUSE Linux Enterprise provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all SUSE Linux endpoints.

    • Patch for Ubuntu User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for Ubuntu provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Ubuntu endpoints.

    • Patch for Oracle Linux User's Guide

      BigFix® Patches for Oracle Linux provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Oracle Linux endpoints.

    • Patch for Solaris User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for Solaris provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Solaris endpoints.

    • Patch for HP-UX User's Guide

      BigFix® for Patch for HP-UX provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all HP-UX endpoints.

    • Patch for Mac OS X User's Guide

      BigFix® for Patch for Mac OS X provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Mac OS X endpoints.

    • Patch for Debian User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for Debian provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Debian endpoints.

    • Patch for VMware ESXi User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for VMware ESXi provides you unified, near real-time visibility to manage patches to all VMware ESXi endpoints from a single console.

    • Patch for Raspbian User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for Raspbian provides Fixlets that you use to manage the latest updates and service packs that Raspberry Pi releases. These Fixlets are available through the Patches for Raspbian sites.

    • Patch for Rocky Linux User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for Rocky Linux provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility, and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Rocky Linux endpoints.

    • Patch for Open SUSE Leap 15 User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for Open SUSE Leap 15 provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Open SUSE Leap 15 endpoints.

      • Overview

        The BigFix Patch for Open SUSE Leap 15 keeps your Linux™ clients current with the latest updates and service packs.

      • Using the download plug-in

        The download plug-ins, OpenSUSE Plug-in is an executable programs that downloads relevant packages directly from the patch vendor. Fixlets use an internal protocol to communicate with the download plug-in to download files. These Fixlets are based on updates made by the vendor.

      • Using the download cacher

        The download cacher is a standalone command-line tool that is designed to download and cache files required for caching. The pre-cached files can be used by the download plug-in to patch the endpoints.

      • Using BigFix Patch for OpenSUSE Leap 15

        Use the Fixlets on the Linux™ RPM Patching and the various Patches for OpenSUSE Leap 15 Fixlet sites to apply patches to your deployment.

        • Patching using Fixlets

          You can apply OpenSUSE Leap 15 patches to your deployment by using the Fixlets that are available from the OpenSUSE Leap 15 Fixlet sites.

        • Supersedence
      • Multiple-Package Baseline Installation

        BigFix Patch provides a solution to combine the installation of updates for multiple packages in a baseline into a single task, which can reduce the execution time of the baseline.

    • Patch for Virtual Endpoint Manager User's Guide

      BigFix® for Virtual Endpoint Manager provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches in a virtual environment.

    • Updates for Middleware Applications

      Middleware patching is an important process for organizations to ensure their systems are secure and up to date. By applying the appropriate patches and security updates, organizations can minimize the risk of malicious attacks and potential data loss. BigFix users can enjoy unified patch management by using a single platform for deploying database and middleware patches.

    • Supersedence for Non-Windows

      This topic describes how supersedence works in Patch.

Supersedence

Please refer to Supersedence for Non-Windows to know more about the supersedence.

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