Step by step Procedure for UPM patch deployment.

Products

• CA Automation Suite for Data Centers - Configuration Automation
• CA Client Automation - Asset Management
• CA Client Automation - IT Client Manager
• CA Client Automation
• CA Client Automation - Remote Control
• CA Client Automation - Asset Intelligence
• CA Client Automation - Desktop Migration Manager
• CA Client Automation - Patch Manager

Issue/Introduction

This documentation outlines the steps for downloading a UPM patch and the creation of a DSM Policy for automatic deployment of the patch to 'All computers'.

1. In the UPM console, click on the 'Patches' tab and look for the desired patch ("CA - Windows 2003 Post SP2 EN 32Bit x86 - FULL Security Rollup v0909.00" in this example). The status of the patch is "Pending User Acceptance".

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2. Select the patch and choose 'Accept' in the list box. Click GO.

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3. The status of the patch is set to 'Accepted' and then 'Packaging'. The patch is then downloaded, which could take several minutes depending on the size of the patch. For a patch like ? Full Security Rollup ?, the download time is quite long since multiple patches are downloaded.

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4. Once the patch download completes, the status is set to ? Testing ?.

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5. In the DSM Explorer, the package appears under "Software/Software Package Library/Unicenter Patch Management Packages".

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6. Under ? All Computers and Users/Unicenter Patch Management Groups ? 3 dynamic groups are created:

   UPM Patch Found - CA - Windows 2003 Post SP2 EN 32Bit x86 - FULL Security Rollup v0909.00 - ...UPM Patch Not Found - CA - Windows 2003 Post SP2 EN 32Bit x86 - FULL Security Rollup v0909.00 - ...UPM Patch Pending Requirements - CA - Windows 2003 Post SP2 EN 32Bit x86 - FULL Security Rollup v0909.00 ...

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   UPM Patch Found: contains all machines which are the patch already installed.UPM Patch Not Found: contains all machines which have not the patch installed.UPM Patch Pending Requirements: contains all machines which have not yet the prerequisites of the patch.

7. You could "drag & drop" the package on the group ? UPM Patch Not Found ? in order to install the patch on all machines which need it. This is a manual operation and is necessary if new machines come up in the group ? UPM Patch Not Found... ?
   This can be automated using a ? Patch Policy ?.
8. For a patch policy, the patch should be in status ? Approved ? in the UPM console:

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9. In the UPM console, go to the 'Policies' tab and click on the 'ADD' button. Enter the desired name for the policy (Ex : Security Rollup Sep 2009 - W2K3) and click on the 'Select' button.

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10. Click on the GO button. The list of patches in status ? Approved? is displayed.

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11. Select the software linked to the patch and click OK. The ? Policy Detail ? windows appears:

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12. Click on the link ? Patches ? in the left pane and click on the 'ADD' button. The list of patches with status ? Approved ? is displayed. Select the patch and click OK (? Add and select more ? button could also be clicked if others patches need to be added).

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13. Click OK. The page ? Policy Detail ? appears with the selected patch.

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14. Select the ? Targets ? link in the left pane. Select ? All Targets ? and click on the arrow icon in order to move ? All Targets ? group to the right list box.

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15. Under the ? Deployment Options ? link in the left pane, it is possible to modify the default parameters for the policy.
    Click OK.

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16. The status of the patch is set to ? Building ?. After some time, the policy is created and evaluated.

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17. In the DSM Explorer, under ? Policies/Software Based ? the new policy appears:
    UPM - Security Rollup Sep 2009 - W2K3 -... ? This policy contains a job corresponding to the patch.

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18. By default the policy is evaluated every 24 hours and a job container is automatically created and evaluated with all the violating machines. After every 24 hours a SD job will be sent to all machines which do not have patch installed.

Environment

Release:
Component: UNIPTM