Welcome
Patch User Guides
BigFix Patch provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console.
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.
Support
Various resources are available for support of the product, including the Knowledge Center, BigFix Support Center, BigFix Support Portal, BigFix Developer, BigFix Wiki, and HCL BigFix Forum.

BigFix Documentation Homepage
BigFix V9.5 Patch Documentation
Welcome to the BigFix Patch documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use the BigFix Patch.
Platform
Patch Overview
BigFix Patch provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console.
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.
- 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.
  - Special notice
  - Edition notice
  - Overview
    BigFix Patch for Solaris provides unified, real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Solaris endpoints from a single console. It keeps your Solaris clients current with the latest Oracle updates.
  - Manage Download Plug-ins dashboard overview
    Use the Manage Download Plug-ins dashboard to oversee and manage download plug-ins in your deployment.
  - BigFix Patch for Solaris
    Use the Fixlets on the various Solaris sites to apply Oracle patches and updates to your deployment.
  - Solaris zone patching
    Patch Management for Solaris supports zone patching on Solaris 10 endpoints.
  - Solaris Live Upgrade support
    Use the Solaris Live Upgrade tool to manage system downtime and risk when installing patches on alternate boot environments on Solaris 9 and 10 computers.
  - Support
    Various resources are available for support of the product, including the Knowledge Center, BigFix Support Center, BigFix Support Portal, BigFix Developer, BigFix Wiki, and HCL BigFix Forum.
  - Frequently asked questions
    To better understand BigFix Patch for Solaris, read the following questions and answers.
  - Notices
- 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
Patch guides in PDF format
Following is a list of links to the BigFix Patch user guides in PDF format:

Support

Various resources are available for support of the product, including the Knowledge Center, BigFix Support Center, BigFix Support Portal, BigFix Developer, BigFix Wiki, and HCL BigFix Forum.

For more information about this product, see the following resources: