[RedHat-Announcements] BES Auto Notification: New Fixlets Published in Fixlet Site: 'Patches for RHEL 7'

[Notification of New RHEL Fixlet Messages]

Fixlet Site - 'Patches for RHEL 7'
Current Version: 121	Published: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 03:03:04  GMT

New Fixlets:
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Title: Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 7 - x86_64 - Server
Severity: <Unspecified>
Fixlet ID: 101

Fixlet Description: Use this task to install the relevant packages listed on the MultiPkgInstall.txt file, located in the /var/opt/BESClient/EDRDeployData directory, from a single yum call. Run a test run to preview the changes of the packages before installation to avoid broken dependencies that are due to undesired packages updates. The test action outputs to a file: PkgToInstallList.txt. The PkgToInstallList.txt file contains packages that are to be installed after a dependency check.

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Title: Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 7 - x86_64 - Workstation
Severity: <Unspecified>
Fixlet ID: 102

Fixlet Description: Use this task to install the relevant packages listed on the MultiPkgInstall.txt file, located in the /var/opt/BESClient/EDRDeployData directory, from a single yum call. Run a test run to preview the changes of the packages before installation to avoid broken dependencies that are due to undesired packages updates. The test action outputs to a file: PkgToInstallList.txt. The PkgToInstallList.txt file contains packages that are to be installed after a dependency check.

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Title: Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 7 - x86_64 - Client
Severity: <Unspecified>
Fixlet ID: 103

Fixlet Description: Use this task to install the relevant packages listed on the MultiPkgInstall.txt file, located in the /var/opt/BESClient/EDRDeployData directory, from a single yum call. Run a test run to preview the changes of the packages before installation to avoid broken dependencies that are due to undesired packages updates. The test action outputs to a file: PkgToInstallList.txt. The PkgToInstallList.txt file contains packages that are to be installed after a dependency check.

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Title: Delete RHEL 7 Package List File for Multiple-Package Baseline Installation
Severity: <Unspecified>
Fixlet ID: 200

Fixlet Description: Delete the MultiPkgInstall.txt file on targeted Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 computers.

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Title: Enable the Multiple-Package Baseline Installation feature - RHEL 7
Severity: <Unspecified>
Fixlet ID: 201

Fixlet Description: Use this task to enable the Multiple-Package Baseline Installation feature to install the relevant packages in a baseline from a single yum call.

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Title: TROUBLESHOOTING: RHEL 7 Patching Deployment Logs - Cleanup
Severity: <Unspecified>
Fixlet ID: 300

Fixlet Description: This task allows you to delete the EDRDeployData and rhsmyum folders under the /var/opt/BESClient/ directory.

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Title: Import RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release - RHEL 7
Severity: <Unspecified>
Fixlet ID: 301

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Title: RHSA-2014:1652 - Openssl Security Update - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (DESKTOP) (x86_64)
Severity: Important
Fixlet ID: 14165202
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1652.html

Fixlet Description: A security update for openssl is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 : This Fixlet provides a test action to check whether the relevant packages can be installed on an endpoint, without actually installing the packages. This Fixlet also provides a solution to reduce the execution time for patching when using baselines. Output the relevant packages to a text file, and then run the ''Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 7' task to install updates for multiple packages from a single task.

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Title: RHSA-2016:2946 - Firefox Security Update - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (x86_64)
Severity: Critical
Fixlet ID: 16294601
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.html

Fixlet Description: A security update for firefox is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 : This Fixlet provides a test action to check whether the relevant packages can be installed on an endpoint, without actually installing the packages. This Fixlet also provides a solution to reduce the execution time for patching when using baselines. Output the relevant packages to a text file, and then run the ''Multiple-Package Baseline Installation - RHEL 7' task to install updates for multiple packages from a single task.