Package Compliance Reports

Generate Package Compliance reports to find incidents related to specific packages. For example, if you have a mission-critical application, use the Package Compliance Report to discover is there are new incidents related to this application and to make sure you have up-to-date versions of relevant packages.

To Filter a Package Compliance Report

Filter a Package Compliance report in the Package Compliance Report Editor window. This report requires that you filter select an option from each filter.

1. In the Reports window, select Package Compliance and then click the New button.

   The Package Compliance Report Editor opens.

   

2. Select hosts for the report.

   See To Filter an Incident Compliance Report.

3. Select one of the following status options:

   • Compliant. Show hosts that are compliant with known security incidents.

   • Not Compliant. Show hosts that need management to be compliant.

4. Select one of the following level options:

   • Security. Show security incidents.

   • Bug fix. Show security and bug fix incidents.

5. Select the packages that you want Sun Update Connection – Enterprise to match to incidents.

   See To Filter a Report by Specific Package, CVE ID, or Incident.

Viewing Package Compliance Reports

After you select the criteria in the Package Compliance Report Editor, you can generate the report, or name it and save it as a template. If you save it as a template, you can select the template and then click Report in the Reports window. Whether you generate the report from the editor window or from a template, the same Report window opens.

The Report shows the packages you selected and the number of hosts and incidents with the compliance status that you selected (compliant or not compliant). If you selected compliant for status, the report shows how many hosts have this package to be installed; if you selected not compliant, the report shows how many hosts need this package to be installed.

To see which incidents and hosts are counted in the row, select a package name in the report and then click Details. The report displays host names and incidents, what is installed on the hosts and what is recommended for installation.

To see informational details of an incident, select a line in the new report list and click Incident Information. The Incident Information window opens..

To Create a Package Compliance Job

From the Package Compliance report, you can create a job that will install, on the selected hosts, the package version need to resolve the incident.

1. In the Package Compliance Report Editor, select Not Compliant for the Status.

2. Select the remaining criteria for the report and then generate the report.

3. Select listed packages and then click Details.

   The report shows the hosts on which the package should be installed.

4. Select packages and then click Send Job.

   The job installs the recommended version of each package.