Refresh Patch Information

This procedure retrieves the latest patching information from one or more target servers provisioned in the PAIR utility.

Executing the refresh command connects the PAIR utility with the target server(s) and retrieves the current patching information. Existing cached data in the PAIR utility is replaced with the latest information. To display the refreshed patch information, see Generating a Patch Report for a Specific Server.

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: Refresh patch information.

   Note:

   Executing the refresh command without the address option refreshes data for all target servers.

   Execute the following command to refresh cached data for all target servers:

   [admusr@myPairServer ~]$ pair refresh [Enter]
   Refreshed <X> of <Y> servers
   [admusr@myPairServer ~]$

   An output message stating success rate displays. Servers that fail to refresh are listed with the specific failure message as demonstrated in the next example.

   [admusr@myPairServer ~]$pair refresh [Enter]
   Failed to refresh information for the following servers:
   <server1>  - 500: Refresh failure
   <server2>  - 500: Refresh timeout
   <server3>  - 500: Refresh failure
   
   Refreshed <X> of <Y> servers

   This example demonstrates the use of the address option to only refresh data for a specific target server using FQDN addressing:

   [admusr@myPairServer ~]$ pair refresh --address testserver1.mydomain.com [Enter]
   OK
   [admusr@myPairServer ~]$

   Check the output of this command for any errors. If the command fails or the server is unreachable, an error condition displays stating the specific cause.