[pca] PCA Reports

[Rajiv Gunja]

Yes, I download Xref File everyday and archive it. Every quarter we use 1
Xref file which is at least 3 months old. And we create a patch bundle on a
central server. Have a few wrappers written up to create the bundle and
install it.

-GGR
--
Rajiv G Gunja
Blog: http://ossrocks.blogspot.com


On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 09:34, little help <littlehelphere at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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