Retrieving the Microsoft patch supplemental data file

SA retrieves information about Microsoft patches from Microsoft (from the wsusscn2.cab file). However, SA provides valuable supplemental data about Microsoft patches that you can obtain automatically from the HPE Live Network. When HPE updates this supplemental data, you can configure the HPE Live Network to automatically upload it to the SA Microsoft patch database.

To obtain the supplementary data file when it is updated and upload it into the SA Library:

1. Obtain an HPE Passport ID from:

   http://h20229.www2.hp.com/passport-registration.html

2. Log in to the HPE Live Network portal using your HPE Passport credentials:

   https://hpln.hpe.com/group/hp-live-network-connector

3. The HPE Live Network connector (LNc) is installed on the core server where the SA Software Repository component is installed.

   You can download the HPE Live Network Connector User Guide from the Live Network Connector community on the HPE Live Network at:

   https://hpln.hpe.com/group/hp-live-network-connector

   Click the Resources tab and open the Documentation folder.

4. On the system where the LNc is installed, run the following commands to enable the Microsoft patching service:

   live-network-connector write-config --add --setting=content.ms_patch_supp=1

   and

   live-network-connector write-config --setting=sas.force_win_patch_import=1 --add

5. (Optional) To disable the Microsoft patching service, run the same command with the value set to 0:

   live-network-connector write-config --setting=content.ms_patch_supp=0

   and

   live-network-connector write-config --setting=sas.force_win_patch_import=0

Alternatively, you can manually download the supplemental patch data file from the HPE Live Network and upload it to the SA database. See Manually downloading the Microsoft patch supplemental data file.