Patch Management 8.5 - Linux system assessment scan completes with errors.

Products

• Patch Management Solution

Issue/Introduction

Linux system assessment scan completes with errors.

aex-client.log contains following lines:
SWUAgent-AssessmentScanJobImpl > Failed to assessment scan: /usr/bin/env: perl: No such file or directory
SWUAgent-VulnerabilityTaskCatalogDownloadInitiator > Assessment scan job completion signal received

Cause

perl package is needed to run Linux System Assessment Scan.

Environment

Patch Management Solution 8.5

Resolution

Install perl package via yum and run Linux system assessment scan again.