IBM BigFix Patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux released a task to help identify if your Red Hat Enterprise Linux endpoints have YUM updates that must be installed.
When you run the ID 39: YUM: Check Available Package Updates task, a column is added in the YUM Logs analysis which shows if your endpoints have updates that must be installed. Ensure that the YUM packages are available in your repository since the the task uses the repository in your deployment.
This enhancement is supported on the following sites:
- Patches for RHEL 6 - Native Tools site
- Patches for RHEL 7
Highlights
- Analysis ID 28: YUM Logs
- Task ID 39: YUM: Check Available Package Updates
Actions to take
- Ensure that the YUM Logs analysis is activated.
- Ensure that your endpoint uses a repository and that the YUM packages are available in your repository.
- Run Task ID 39 - YUM: Check Available Package Updates, which is found in Patching Support site, version 374.
- Go to Patching Support > Analyses > Analysis: YUM Logs. From the Results tab, you can check the results of the analysis in the YUM check-update output column.
Published Site Version:
Patching Support site version 374.
Documentation:
For more information about the task, see the wiki article: Checking for YUM packages that are available for your endpoints.
Application Engineering Team
IBM BigFix Patch