Environment
Novell ZENworks Patch Management 6.4 - ZPM6.4
Situation
Service Pack 2 (SP2) for ZPM Patch and Remediation Server 6.4 contains latest enhancements and fixes that increases server performance and manageability.
Patch Name: ZENworks Patch Management Update Server 6.4 Service Pack 2 (6.4.2.1496)
Impact: Critical
What's New
SCM: Support for Oval 5.5
Support for SCAP Checklist using Oval 5.5 Definitions.
SCM: SCAP Checklist Deletion
Remove obsolete SCAP Checklist from the system with column sorting to quickly identify SCAP Checklist that are currently in use.
VMware Guest System Grouping
Automatically identify VMware guest images for easier management of virtual system.
IP Grouping Optimization
Faster system response time when rendering the IP Address Collection Tree.
IP Grouping Activation / Deactivation
Checkbox control added to configure the system to stop rendering the IP Collection. Removes the IP Collection Group from the Web UI for users to do not manage by IP Address Range.
Increased UNIX Support
Patch Management support added for HP-UX 11.31 and IBM AIX 6.1
Increased Linux Support
Patch Management support added for RHEL 5 x86 and x86_64
Integrated Credentials Management
New credential manager which securely stores user credentials to download entitled patches from Red Hat Network and Sun Solve. See KB672 for details.
What's Fixed
Patch Name: ZENworks Patch Management Update Server 6.4 Service Pack 2 (6.4.2.1496)
Impact: Critical
What's New
SCM: Support for Oval 5.5
Support for SCAP Checklist using Oval 5.5 Definitions.
SCM: SCAP Checklist Deletion
Remove obsolete SCAP Checklist from the system with column sorting to quickly identify SCAP Checklist that are currently in use.
VMware Guest System Grouping
Automatically identify VMware guest images for easier management of virtual system.
IP Grouping Optimization
Faster system response time when rendering the IP Address Collection Tree.
IP Grouping Activation / Deactivation
Checkbox control added to configure the system to stop rendering the IP Collection. Removes the IP Collection Group from the Web UI for users to do not manage by IP Address Range.
Increased UNIX Support
Patch Management support added for HP-UX 11.31 and IBM AIX 6.1
Increased Linux Support
Patch Management support added for RHEL 5 x86 and x86_64
Integrated Credentials Management
New credential manager which securely stores user credentials to download entitled patches from Red Hat Network and Sun Solve. See KB672 for details.
What's Fixed
| ID | Title |
| KB628 | SCM 1.2 Patch 1 |
| SCM: Patches up-to-date hotfix | |
| SCM: Malformed XML hotfix | |
| KB600 | Update: SP1 Update 2 Cumulative Hotfix |
| 50213 | Groups Page: Compliance Summary Times Out On Update Servers With Large Node Counts |
| 52105 | Deployments Page Slowness On Update Servers With Large Deployment/Agent Counts |
| 51002 | Unable to save reboot duration to hours or days in mandatory baseline |
Resolution
Download
Installation
1. Download (Novell ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.4 Service Pack 2.msi) onto the Update Server.
2. Open up command prompt and type, net stop w3svc /y to stop the world wide web publishing service.
3. Double-click on the MSI to start the installer.
Update Server Applicability
SP2 is applicable to the following ZPM Update Server versions:
| Patch Name | Patch Description |
| ZENworks Patch Management Update Server 6.4 Service Pack 2 | This
patch can be downloaded and manually installed by an Administrator or
equivalent rights, from https://download.novell.com/patch/finder/ |
Installation
1. Download (Novell ZENworks Patch Management Server 6.4 Service Pack 2.msi) onto the Update Server.
2. Open up command prompt and type, net stop w3svc /y to stop the world wide web publishing service.
3. Double-click on the MSI to start the installer.
Update Server Applicability
SP2 is applicable to the following ZPM Update Server versions:
- Update Server 6.4 RTM (v6.4.2.1326)
- Update Server 6.4 P2 (v6.4.2.1336)
- Update Server 6.4 SP1 (v6.4.2.1378)