Patch manager

The patch manager, patchman, is installed as part of any patch.

Patch manager commands have the general format:

patchman [{parameter [value]} ...]

The patch manager supports a number of command-line parameters, as listed in Table 1.

Table 1. patchman command-line parameters
Parameter	Value	Description
`-r`	string	Removes the named patch. If the name of the patch contains space characters, enclose it in double-quote characters (`"`), for example `"Service Pack 1"`. Patch names are case-sensitive.
`-l`	string	Lists all installed patches whose names match the string. Omitting the string lists all installed patches. String matching is case-sensitive and supports substring matching, for example, `Ser` matches the patch name `Service Pack 1`. If the string contains space characters, enclose it in double-quote characters (`"`), for example `"Service Pack 1"`.
`-m`	string	Specifies the path and filename of the patch manifest file. This parameter is only required if the patch manager returns the message `Failed to detect manifest location` when executing. This parameter is not required during normal use.
`-h`	n/a	Displays command-line help.
`-p`	string	Specifies the product name (for example, `Netcool/SSM`). This parameter is not required during normal use.