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[little help]

Rajiv,
   When you say you use xref files for a quarter - can you elaborate on how
you do this?  Do you download and save all xref files on a regular basis and
run patch updates against them or use the last xref file for a specific
quarter as the "golden copy".  In regards to running pca against a specific
xref file for my case - I was thinking the same thing.  Seems like the only
real way to make sure all servers are patched at a certain level.  If anyone
else uses a different method please feel free to share.  Thanks.

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Rajiv Gunja <opn.src.rocks at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have never used the big number in the (). What I use is the number of
> patches missing.
>
> For a give Xref file (which date you downloaded), PCA gives you all the
> missing patches for a server to that date.
>
> @ our company, we set dates for each quarter and use only those Xref files
> to patch a server in that quarter.
>
> For your needs, pick an Xref file/date and run PCA list on all the servers
> and get the number of patches missing for that date.
>
> If you have more than 20, run a script to download the 3 files to a single
> server and run listing on that single server, it will be much faster and you
> will have a log of before and after patching configuration.
>
> -GGR
> --
> Rajiv G Gunja
> Blog: http://ossrocks.blogspot.com
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:13, little help <littlehelphere at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>     I am running some reports via PCA and had a quick question about the
>> "List:" portion of the output that s generated via PCA. I am trying to
>> generate a report of missing patches against all possible patches for a
>> host.  For example can I get pca to report that I am missing 20 out of a
>> possible 200 patches for this host.  I need to report what percentage of
>> patches are missing from a host.
>>     From the website it states
>> *
>> "The header includes some general information about the patchdiag.xref
>> file, the host (Host:) and the listed patches (List:). The numbers in
>> parantheses are the number of listed patches and the sum of their ages in
>> days; when listing missing patches, this is a rough indicator of the current
>> patch state."
>>
>> *Can someone clarify what the sum of patch dates is used for?
>>
>
>
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