The components that require patch management are listed in this topic.
| Third-party component for which patch is needed | Frequency of patch | VMware responsibility (Y/N) | Customer responsibility (Y/N) | Reference to instructions for applying patch |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Daily | No | Yes | Patch instructions supplied by vendor |
| Windows Server | Daily | No | Yes | Patch instructions supplied by vendor |
| Tomcat | Quarterly | Yes | Yes | Patches for this component will be supplied in a release or a service pack. |
| PostgreSQL | Quarterly | Yes | No | Patches for this component will be supplied in a release or a service pack. |