Relevance - Installed date of rpms/patches for RHEL server

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Hello Team,

If any relevance to identify installed date of rpms/patches which are present in the RHEL server.

We would require Analyses for both like the BigFix Console or a Web Report.

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  • Generate Local RPM Log: Execute a RHEL shell command (rpm -qa --qf) via a scheduled Task to dump installed package names and %INSTALLTIME timestamps into a dedicated text file on the endpoint (e.g., /var/opt/BESClient/rpm_history.txt).
  • Schedule Periodic Refreshes: Set the Action execution policy to re-run on a recurring schedule (e.g., weekly or post-patching) so the output file stays updated.
  • Create BigFix Analysis: Build an Analysis with Relevance properties using lines of file and modification time of file to pull the text file's contents into the BigFix Console.
  • Build the Web Report: In BigFix Web Reports, pull up the target RHEL computer group, add your Analysis properties as report columns, and save or export the view.
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