Creating Additional Operating System Reports

You can create Additional Operating System Reports.

Use Additional Operating System Reports to obtain information from Service Pack Compliance Report, Distribution Update Report, and Package Compliance Report. You can export report results to CSV format.

Creating a Distribution Update Report

A Distribution Update Report provides a mapping between selected updates, and CVEs and selected distributions to find out whether the updates are installed. This report determines whether a specific distribution like SOLARIS10_SPARC has been updated with specific updates, or CVEs.

To create a Distribution Update Report, perform the following steps:

  1. Select Reports from the Navigation pane.
  2. Select Oracle Solaris/Linux OS Updates from the Reports section.
  3. Select Distribution Update Report from the Actions pane. The Distribution Update Report Wizard is displayed.
  4. Define the report parameters. They include:

    • Report Name: The name of the report.

    • Description: A description of the report.

    • Category: Select the required categories.

    • Type: Select required types. Package and Update types are available.

    • Released: Mention the start date and the end date.

  5. Click Next to display the Distributions.
  6. Select the required Distribution and click Add or Add All to add distributions. Click Remove or Remove All when you do not require any distribution.
  7. Click Next to select the updates.
  8. Click Next to select the packages.
  9. Click Next to select the CVEs. Click Add or Add All to add CVEs and Remove or Remove All when you do not require any CVE.
  10. Click Next to display the Summary.
  11. Review the Summary and select one of the options as required:

    • Save Report: Saves the report as a template and closes the wizard.

    • Run Report: Runs the report and closes the wizard window.

    The report result is displayed under the Report Results in the center pane.

Creating a Service Pack Compliance Report

A Service Pack Compliance Report provides information on updates created by the publication and release of a service pack by a vendor.

This report enables you to determine whether the target system has the latest service package installed that is provided by the vendors.

To create a Service Pack Compliance Report, perform the following steps:

  1. Select Reports from the Navigation pane.
  2. Select Oracle Solaris/Linux OS Updates from the Reports section.
  3. Select Service Pack Compliance Report Creation Wizard from the Actions pane. The Service Pack Compliance Report Creation wizard is displayed.
  4. Define the report parameters. They include:

    • Report Name: The name of the report.

    • Description: A description of the report.

    • Status: Select the compliant or non compliant status.

    • Services: Select the required services.

  5. Click Next to select the Targets. Add the targets by selecting them from the list of Available Items by clicking Add to Target List.
  6. Click Next to display the summary.
  7. Review the Summary and select one of the options as required:

    • Save Report: Saves the report as a template and closes the wizard.

    • Run Report: Runs the report and closes the wizard window.

    The report result is displayed under the Report Results in the center pane.

Creating a Package Compliance Report

A Package Compliance Report provides a mapping between the selected packages and the selected target systems to find out the installed packages.

To create a Package Compliance Report, perform the following steps:

  1. Select Reports from the Navigation pane.
  2. Select Oracle Solaris/Linux OS Updates from the Reports section.
  3. Select Package Compliance Report Creation Wizard from the Actions pane. The Package Compliance Report Creation Wizard is displayed.
  4. Define the report parameters. They include:

    • Report Name: The name of the report.

    • Description: A description of the report.

    • Status: Select the compliant or non compliant status.

    • Level: Select security updates or security and bug updates.

  5. Click Next to select the Targets. Add the targets by selecting them from the list of Available Items by clicking Add to Target List.
  6. Click Next to select the Packages.
  7. Click Next to display the summary.
  8. Review the Summary and select one of the options as required:

    • Save Report: Saves the report as a template and closes the wizard.

    • Run Report: Runs the report and closes the wizard window.

    The report result is displayed under the Report Results in the center pane.