Agent Updates

When you run a patch acquisition, you can also download the latest Version and updates to the Patch Agent files. The Patch Agent files include the scripts to perform product discovery and management. These files are received from the Patch Update web site provided by HP. After download, the files are published to the PATCHMGR Domain and connected to the DISCOVER_PATCH Service instance.

Use the Agent Updates task to determine the status of updates.

To view the Agent Updates, from the Console Operations tab, select Patch Management > Agent Updates.

Agent files are distributed when the DISCOVER_PATCH Service is processed on the Patch Manager target device. This is accomplished through a connection in the DISCOVER_PATCH Service to the PATCH Instance in the AUTOPKG Class. In turn, the AUTOPKG.PATCH Instance connects to the agent maintenance packages created when you selected Publish or Publish and Distribute. If you have selected to publish only (not to distribute), you will need to create connections from the appropriate instance in the PACKAGE Class to the AUTOPKG.PATCH Instance. Use the Admin CSDB Editor to do this. An example is shown below.

Create connections to the published package

Note: AIX, HP-UX and Solaris are not currently supported.

Agent Updates has the following values:

There are two parameters that control which agent updates you download.


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