Generating a Patch Summary Report

This procedure displays the patch status summary for all servers provisioned in the PAIR utility.

As with other PAIR reporting features, executing the commands in this procedure does not connect with the target servers and retrieve patch information. The report output is cached patch state data and is only as current as the last refresh.

Executing the getStatus command without arguments returns the patch status summary for all servers provisioned in the PAIR utility. All provisioned servers fall into one of three categories:

• Servers with at least one patch applied
• Servers for which a patch state could not be retrieved
• Servers which have no patches applied

From this summary, a user can quickly identify patch status based on the category under which it falls. In the case where a server failed the last refresh or the server does not support patching, notices and warnings are presented indicating such. For the servers indicating at least one patch, the user can execute Generating a Patch Report for a Specific Server procedure for a detailed patch report.

1. PAIR Server: Login using admusr credentials.
   SSH into the PAIR server and authenticate using admusr credentials.

   login as: admusr [Enter]
   admusr@10.75.152.79's password: <admusr_password> [Enter]
   Last login: Mon Jun  6 10:35:36 2016 from 10.75.7.157
   [admusr@myPairServer ~]$

2. PAIR Server: Display the patch status summary
   Execute the following command to display the patch status summary for all servers provisioned in the PAIR utility:

   Note:

   The output is for example only.

   [admusr@myPairServer ~]$ pair getStatus [Enter]
   Report: PAIR Server Patch Status Summary
   
   Generated at: 08/31/2016 02:10:36 UTC
   Generated on: myPairServer
   Generated as: admusr
   --------------------------------------------
   
   The following servers have at least one patch applied:
   
      Hostname: hostname15e2ad01edc5
      Address: 169.254.118.153
      Warning: Last refresh attempt failed
   
   --------------------------------------------
   Patch state could not be retrieved for the following servers:
   
      Hostname: hostname859e00c96a32
      Address: 169.254.118.148
      Note: Server does not support patch auditing
   
      Hostname: hostnamec7ce1392d08c
      Address: 169.254.118.149
      Note: Server does not support patch auditing
   
      Hostname: hostname7674cd8e64dc
      Address: 169.254.118.152
      Note: Server does not support patch auditing
   
      Hostname: hostname80887544563d
      Address: 169.254.118.147
      Note: Server does not support patch auditing
   
   --------------------------------------------
   The following servers have no patches applied:
   
      Hostname: hostname75e5605854f1
      Address: 169.254.118.146
   
      Hostname: hostname6c40e4e1fea5
      Address: 169.254.118.151
      Warning: Last refresh attempt failed
   
      Hostname: hostname7991fa7aaa84
      Address: 169.254.118.150
   
   --------------------------------------------
   Report complete.
   
   [admusr@myPairServer ~]$

   Check the output of this command for any errors or warnings. A successful query returns the message Report complete.