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    BigFix Patch provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console.

  3. Patch for VMware ESXi User's Guide

    BigFix Patch for VMware ESXi provides you unified, near real-time visibility to manage patches to all VMware ESXi endpoints from a single console.

  4. Supersedence
  • Patch User Guides

    BigFix Patch provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console.

    • Patch for Windows User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for Windows™ provides Fixlets for Microsoft™ security and non-security patches. Dashboards, wizards, and reports aid you in managing updates for various endpoint devices.

    • Patch for AIX User's Guide

      BigFix® for Patch for AIX® provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all AIX endpoints.

    • Patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Red Hat Enterprise Linux endpoints.

    • Patch for CentOS Linux User's Guide

      BigFix® Patch for CentOS Linux™ provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all CentOs endpoints.

    • Patch for SUSE Linux Enterprise User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for SUSE Linux Enterprise provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all SUSE Linux endpoints.

    • Patch for Ubuntu User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for Ubuntu provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Ubuntu endpoints.

    • Patch for Oracle Linux User's Guide

      BigFix® Patches for Oracle Linux provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Oracle Linux endpoints.

    • Patch for Solaris User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for Solaris provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Solaris endpoints.

    • Patch for HP-UX User's Guide

      BigFix® for Patch for HP-UX provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all HP-UX endpoints.

    • Patch for Mac OS X User's Guide

      BigFix® for Patch for Mac OS X provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Mac OS X endpoints.

    • Patch for Debian User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for Debian provides an automated, simplified patching process that is administered from a single console. It gives you unified, near real-time visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all Debian endpoints.

    • Patch for VMware ESXi User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for VMware ESXi provides you unified, near real-time visibility to manage patches to all VMware ESXi endpoints from a single console.

      • Overview

        BigFix Patch for VMware ESXi provides audit Fixlets for new patch bundle updates that VMware releases.

      • Site subscription

        Sites are collections of Fixlet messages that are created internally by you, by HCL, or by vendors.

      • Supported platforms

        BigFix Patch for VMware ESXi supports VMware audit updates on different platforms.

      • System requirements

        Ensure that you meet the necessary system requirements for the BigFix Patch for VMware ESXi.

      • Subscribing to BigFix sites

        Together with the Patches for ESXi site, you can subscribe to the Virtual Endpoint Manager site.

      • Managing the workload balance
      • Configuring the Management Extender

        Before you can begin working with the different Virtualization features, you must configure a relay server or a root server to communicate with a specific VMware vCenter or ESX host.

      • Using BigFix Patch for VMware ESXi

        You can view the audit Fixlets when you subscribe to the Patches for ESXi site.

      • Supersedence
      • Frequently asked questions

        The questions and answers found in this section are designed to help you better understand Patch for ESXi.

    • Patch for Raspbian User's Guide

      BigFix Patch for Raspbian provides Fixlets that you use to manage the latest updates and service packs that Raspberry Pi releases. These Fixlets are available through the Patches for Raspbian sites.

    • Virtual Endpoint Manager User's Guide

Supersedence

Please refer to Supersedence in Non-Windows to know more about the supersedence.


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