Updates
The fields in the Updates data model describe patch management events from individual systems or central management tools.
Note: A dataset is a component of a data model. In versions of the Splunk platform prior to version 6.5.0, these were referred to as data model objects.
Tags used with the Updates event and search datasets
The following tags act as constraints to identify your events as being relevant to this data model. For more information, see How to use these reference tables.
Dataset name | Tag name |
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Updates | update |
status | |
Update_Errors | update |
error |
Fields for the Updates event datasets and Update_Errors search dataset
The following table lists the extracted and calculated fields for the event datasets and search dataset in the model. The table does not include any inherited fields. For more information, see How to use these reference tables.
Dataset name | Field name | Data type | Description | Possible values |
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Updates | dest
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string | The system that is affected by the patch change. You can alias this from more specific fields, such as dest_host , dest_ip , or dest_name .
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Updates | dest_bunit
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string | These are derived fields provided by Asset and Identity correlation features of certain advanced applications like Splunk Enterprise Security. They should be left blank when writing add-ons. | |
Updates | dest_category
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string | ||
Updates | dest_priority
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string | ||
Updates | dest_should_update
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boolean | ||
Updates | dvc
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string | The device that detected the patch event, such as a patching or configuration management server. You can alias this from more specific fields, such as dvc_host , dvc_ip , or dvc_name .
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Updates | file_hash
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string | The checksum of the patch package that was installed or attempted. | |
Updates | file_name
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string | The name of the patch package that was installed or attempted. | |
Updates | severity
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string | The severity associated with the patch event. | critical , high , medium , low , informational
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Updates | signature
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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.
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Updates | signature_id
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int | The ID of the patch requirement detected on the client (the src). Note: Use signature for human-readable signature names.
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Updates | status
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string | Indicates the status of a given patch requirement. | available , installed , invalid , reboot_required , unknown
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Updates | tag
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string | This automatically generated field is used to access tags from within datamodels. Add-on builders do not need to populate it. | |
Updates | vendor_product
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string | The vendor and product of the patch monitoring product, such as Lumension Patch Manager . This field can be automatically populated by vendor and product fields in your data.
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Ticket Management | Vulnerabilities |
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Common Information Model Add-on: 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.4.0, 4.5.0, 4.6.0, 4.7.0
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