HP Smart Update Manager 5.0 User Guide

Contents 4
Generate a Report ............................................................................................................................ 30
View a Report .................................................................................................................................. 30
Scripted deployment ................................................................................................................... 31
Command-line interface .............................................................................................................................. 31
Command-line syntax ....................................................................................................................... 31
Command-line arguments .................................................................................................................. 32
Component configuration for Windows components only ..................................................................... 38
Command-line examples ................................................................................................................... 38
Return codes .................................................................................................................................... 40
Windows smart component return codes ............................................................................................ 40
Linux smart component return codes ................................................................................................... 40
Linux RPM return codes ..................................................................................................................... 41
Input files ................................................................................................................................................... 41
Command-line usage of input file ....................................................................................................... 42
Input file format and rules .................................................................................................................. 42
File encoding ................................................................................................................................... 42
Error reporting ................................................................................................................................. 43
Input file parameters ......................................................................................................................... 43
Reports ...................................................................................................................................................... 51
Advanced topics ......................................................................................................................... 56
Configuring IPv6 networks with HP Smart Update Manager ............................................................................ 56
Configuring IPv6 for Windows Server 2003 ....................................................................................... 56
Configuring IPv6 for Windows Server 2008 ....................................................................................... 57
Limitations of IPv6 for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 ............................................. 58
Configuring IPv6 for Linux ................................................................................................................. 58
Limitations of IPv6 for Linux ............................................................................................................... 60
Server virtualization detection and support.................................................................................................... 60
Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................... 61
Recovering from a failed ROM upgrade ....................................................................................................... 61
Recovering from a failed system ROM upgrade ................................................................................... 61
Recovering from a failed option ROM upgrade ................................................................................... 62
Recovering from an installation failure .......................................................................................................... 63
Collecting trace directories ................................................................................................................ 63
Recovering from a discovery failure ............................................................................................................. 64
Troubleshooting connection errors ...................................................................................................... 64
HP SUM hangs during discovery ........................................................................................................ 65
HP SUM hangs during boot ......................................................................................................................... 65
Recovering from a loss of Linux remote functionality ....................................................................................... 66
Configuring firewall settings .............................................................................................................. 66
Recovering from a blocked program on Microsoft Windows ........................................................................... 66
Configuring Windows firewall settings ............................................................................................... 66
Enabling ports in HP Smart Update Manager ...................................................................................... 67
Recovering from operating system limitations when using a Japanese character set ........................................... 69
Displaying the user-specified reboot message using a Japanese character set when running on a Linux
operating system .............................................................................................................................. 69
Rebooting with the user-specified reboot message using a Japanese character set when running on a Windows
operating system .............................................................................................................................. 69
Running in a directory path containing multi-byte characters ........................................................................... 69
Recovering a lost HP Smart Update Manager connection ............................................................................... 69
HP Smart Update Firmware DVD mounted using iLO virtual media ........................................................ 69
Troubleshooting HP Smart Update Manager in IPv6 networks ......................................................................... 70