Applying Service Packs on Linux
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Overview
SEP sesam provides special service pack executables for Linux systems that ease the installation of service packs and patches. A service pack is cumulative and contains all released fixes for the corresponding SEP sesam version.
Supported components
The service packs are available for the following components:
Downloading SEP sesam service pack
All service packs are available at the download portal: https://download.sep.de/servicepacks/
To download the service pack for SEP sesam specific version for Linux, go to https://download.sep.de/servicepacks/<version>/<release_version_number>/linux/, for example, https://download.sep.de/servicepacks/4.4.3/4.4.3.84/linux/.
In the version-specific directory you will find service packs for all supported Linux distributions. The service packs are provided as executable files, named in the following manner:
sesam_patch_srv-<version>_<distribution>_<architecture>-<sesam-version>.sh
The following example shows a SEP sesam service pack for Debian Jessie on x64:
root@system:~# wget "https://download.sep.de/servicepacks/4.4.3/4.4.3.61/linux/sesam_patch_srv-c325b58_jessie_amd64-4.4.3.61.sh"
Installing SEP sesam service pack
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After downloading the relevant service pack for your operating system, you must make the downloaded service pack executable:
root@system: ~ # chmod +x sesam_patch_srv-b50baae_sles12_x86_64-4.4.3.25.sh
Then you can continue with the installation:
root@system: ~ # ./sesam_patch_srv-b50baae_sles12_x86_64-4.4.3.25.sh Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing SEP sesam service pack 37%
See also
Updating SEP sesam – Remote Installation of Windows Clients – SEP sesam Quick Install Guide