SMS Inventory Tool for HP ProLiant and Integrity Update User Guide

Tracking software update deployment........................................................................................................ 32
Advanced topics......................................................................................................................... 34
Running the setup wizard from the command line ........................................................................................ 34
Switching between the Internet and network share to obtain HP catalog and components................................. 35
Using the scan tool .................................................................................................................................. 36
Scan tool command line syntax ....................................................................................................... 36
Changing default parameters for scan tool advertisement ................................................................... 37
Scan tool status ............................................................................................................................. 38
Using the sync tool .................................................................................................................................. 38
Sync tool command line syntax ....................................................................................................... 38
Sync tool status ............................................................................................................................. 38
Access rights .......................................................................................................................................... 38
Default access rights assigned to resources created during setup ......................................................... 38
Required access rights for components used during setup ................................................................... 39
Default access rights for resources used by the sync tool ..................................................................... 41
Required access rights for resources used by the sync tool .................................................................. 42
Providing WMI permissions for the remote sync host machine ............................................................. 44
Disabling the HP Updates Sync advertisement............................................................................................. 44
Viewing update details with Resource Explorer............................................................................................ 45
Updates that require reboots..................................................................................................................... 46
Configuring the sync tool for unattended mode ........................................................................................... 48
Setting the permissions for the HP Updates package folder ................................................................. 48
Providing WMI permissions for the sync host machine........................................................................ 49
Changing the HP Updates Sync program properties........................................................................... 49
Providing access to the sync host machine to update the SMS database ............................................... 51
Adding the sync host machine to software updates ............................................................................ 51
Setting permissions on the HP Updates package object ...................................................................... 52
Updating distribution points ............................................................................................................ 53
Running the HP Updates Sync advertisement ..................................................................................... 54
Configuring updates after deployment........................................................................................................ 55
Downgrading components........................................................................................................................ 55
Removing the inventory tool...................................................................................................................... 56
Using the hpSMSTool utility............................................................................................................. 57
HP Insight Inventory Collector....................................................................................................... 60
Introduction to Collect .............................................................................................................................. 60
Enabling SMS Hardware Inventory cycle to obtain Collect .MIF files ..............................................................60
Collect command line options ................................................................................................................... 60
.MIF file contents ..................................................................................................................................... 61
Compaq0.mif inventory tables ........................................................................................................ 62
Compaq1.mif inventory tables ........................................................................................................ 64
Compaq2.mif inventory tables ........................................................................................................ 64
Compaq3.mif inventory tables ........................................................................................................ 65
Compaq4.mif inventory tables ........................................................................................................ 65
Compaq5.mif inventory tables ........................................................................................................ 66
Compaq6.mif inventory tables ........................................................................................................ 66
Compaq7.mif inventory tables ........................................................................................................ 66
Compaq8.mif inventory tables ........................................................................................................ 67
Compaq9.mif inventory tables ........................................................................................................ 67
Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................... 69
Viewing the log files ................................................................................................................................ 69
Smart Component installation log file ............................................................................................... 69
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