Splunk® Common Information Model Add-on

Common Information Model Add-on Manual

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Updates

This page is currently a work in progress. Any information presented here might be incomplete or incorrect, and frequent near-term updates are expected.

The fields in the Updates data model and event category describe patch management events from individual systems or central management tools.

Tags used with the Updates data model and event category

Object name(s) Tag name Required?
Updates update YES
Updates status YES
system NO

Fields for the Updates event category

Object name(s) Field name Data type Description Possible values
Updates dest int The system that is affected by the patch change. May be aliased from more specific fields, such as dest_host, dest_ip, or dest_name.
Updates dest_bunit string These are derived fields provided by Asset and Identity correlation features of certain advanced applications like the Splunk App for Enterprise Security. They should be left blank when writing add-ons.
Updates dest_category string
Updates dest_should_update boolean
Updates dvc string The device that detected the patch event, such as a patching or configuration management server. May be aliased from more specific fields, such as dvc_host, dvc_ip, or dvc_name.
Updates file_name string The name of the patch package that was installed or attempted.
Updates file_hash string The checksum of the patch package that was installed or attempted.
Updates product string The vendor product name of the device that detected or initiated the change, such as IBM, Lumension, or Microsoft. This field is used to automatically produce the vendor_product field used by data models.
Updates signature string The name of the patch requirement detected on the client (the dest), such as MS08-067 or RHBA-2013:0739.

Note: This is a string value. Please use signature_id for numeric indicators.
Updates signature_id int The numeric ID of the intrusion detected on the client (the src).

Note: This is an integer value. Please use signature_id for human-readable signature names.
Updates status string Indicates the status of a given patch requirement. available, installed, invalid, reboot_required, unknown
Updates tag string This automatically generated field is used to access tags from within datamodels. Add-on builders do not need to populate it.
Updates vendor string The vendor of the patch monitoring product, such as TEM, Patchlink, or SCCM. This field is used to automatically produce the vendor_product field used by data models.
Update_Errors event_id string The patching event id that generated an error.
Last modified on 18 October, 2013
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Common Information Model Add-on: 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2


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