Patch Analysis

System analysis engines are used to analyze single system patch requirements. These analyzers gather information about installed and missing patches and provide an exact list of patches that are missing on a given system. All of these patches are applicable to the target system. The TLP tool then compares the output of the analyzer against a given baseline. TLP calculates the gap between both sets to create a system-specific patch set. TLP uses an EIS-CD to define a unique baseline for your data center. The tool takes the output of the selected baseline, and combines it with the patches on the selected baseline, to create a new patch set. You can then efficiently install these patch sets with minimal effort. In mathematical terms, this process is a simple intersection of sets. However, in practice, the process is much more complicated.

You can configure the TLP tool to run with several different external system analyzers. You can also combine two or more analyzers. Because TLP uses analysis engines to create system-specific patch sets, the number of patches that are actually installed are minimized, thus reducing required maintenance window times.

The following are examples of these external analyzers:

• PatchPro

• Sun Checkup

• Griffon