TNC Patch Management
The Trusted Network Connect (TNC) server integrates with the Service Update Management Assistant (SUMA) and cURL to provide a patch management solution.
The patch manager downloads the latest service packs and security fixes that are available in the IBM® ECC and Fix Central websites. The TNC Patch Management daemon pushes the latest updated information to the TNC server, which serves as a baseline fileset to verify the clients.
The tncpmd daemon must be configured to manage SUMA downloads
and to push fileset information to the TNC server. This daemon must be hosted on a system that is
connected to the Internet to automatically download the updates. To use the TNC Patch Management
server without connecting it to the Internet, you can register a user-defined fix repository with
the TNC Patch Management server.
Note: The TNC server and the tncpmd daemon can be
hosted on the same system.
TNC Patch Management is provided in one of the following methods:
- Using the command line interface (pmconf)
- Using the Daemon (tncpmd2)