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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.
Overview
BigFix® Patches for Oracle Linux keeps your Linux™ clients current with the latest updates and service packs.

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 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.
  - Overview
    BigFix® Patches for Oracle Linux keeps your Linux™ clients current with the latest updates and service packs.
    - Supported architecture, erratas, and repositories
      The various features of Patches for Oracle Linux apply differently for each Oracle Linux site.
    - Site applicability matrix
      The various features of Patches for Oracle Linux apply differently for each Oracle Linux site.
    - Fixlet fields
  - Setup
  - Using Patches for Oracle Linux
  - Manage YUM transactions
  - Manage custom repositories
    Use the Oracle Linux Custom Repository Management dashboard to register and manage repositories.
  - Frequently Asked Questions
    Learn the answers to frequently asked questions about Patch for Oracle Enterprise Linux.
- 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.
- Virtual Endpoint Manager User's Guide

Overview

BigFix® Patches for Oracle Linux keeps your Linux™ clients current with the latest updates and service packs.

Patch management is available through the Patches for Oracle Linux sites from BigFix. For each new patch or update that becomes available, BigFix releases a Fixlet that can identify and remediate all the computers in your enterprise that need it. With a few keystrokes, the BigFix Console Operator can apply the patch to all the relevant computers and visualize its progress as it deploys throughout the network.

The BigFix agent checks the operating system version, file versions, the language of the system and other relevant factors to determine when and if a patch is necessary.

Fixlets allow you to manage large numbers of updates and patches with comparative ease, enabling automated, highly targeted deployment on any schedule that you want. Large downloads can be phased to optimize network bandwidth and the entire deployment process can be monitored, graphed, and recorded for inventory or audit control. Fixlets often have extra notes that allow the Console Operator to work around issues. Once you have subscribed to the Patches for Oracle Linux sites, you can do the following:

Patch using Fixlets
Identify available YUM packages through a task.
Roll back, undo, and redo transactions in your deployment through the YUM Transaction History dashboard.
Register, add, unregister, or import custom repositories through the Oracle Linux Custom Repository Management dashboard.

Note: Local repositories must be set up separately.

New Features

Patches for Oracle Linux has expanded coverage to support Oracle Linux 6. Users of Oracle Linux 6 can now enjoy features such as the custom repository and use of the YUM History dashboard.