HP Smart Update Manager 4.2 User Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP Smart Update Manager User Guide
- Abstract
- Notice
- Contents
- Introduction
- HP Smart Update Manager overview
- Using this guide
- New features of HP SUM 4.2.0
- Minimum requirements
- Supported deliverables overview
- Deployment from HP SUM
- Executing HP SUM
- Deploying software using the ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) for Microsoft Windows
- Deploying software using the Integrity Support Pack (ISP) for Microsoft Windows
- Deploying software using the ProLiant Support Pack for Linux
- Deploying firmware for ProLiant servers using the HP Smart Update Firmware DVD
- Deploying firmware using the HP Smart Update Firmware - HP Integrity BL860c/BL870c/BL890c i2 Servers Bundles
- HP SUM User Interface
- Deployment scenarios
- Keyboard support
- Local host installations
- Multiple-host installations
- Selecting remote hosts or groups
- Searching for remote hosts
- Managing hosts
- Managing groups
- Entering credentials for hosts
- Selecting bundles to filter on multiple hosts
- Selecting components to install on multiple hosts
- Updating Firmware on HP Integrity BL860c/BL870c/BL890c i2 Servers
- Viewing the installation results for multiple hosts
- Scripted deployment
- Advanced topics
- Troubleshooting
- Recovering from a failed ROM upgrade
- Recovering from an installation failure
- Recovering from a discovery failure
- Recovering from a loss of Linux remote functionality
- Recovering from a blocked program on Microsoft Windows
- Recovering from operating system limitations when using a Japanese character set
- Recovering from Fatal Error - application will exit message
- Recovering from a missing reboot message when running on SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9
- Recovering a lost HP Smart Update Manager connection
- Troubleshooting HP Smart Update Manager in IPv6 networks
- HP SUM found new hardware message
- Non-matching systems error reported when building source Linux RPMs or installing Linux RPMs built from source
- Linux component version discrepancy for source RPMs
- HP SUM displays No components found in the selected repository(ies) message
- Additional/Optional Actions columns are grayed when HP SUM is maximized
- Installation of components failed with 'Update returned an error' when installing Linux RPMs
- Issues related to bundle filtering on the Select Items to be Installed and Select Bundle Filter screens
- HP SUM fails on Windows Vista® due to McAfee firewalls
- Technical support
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Index
Introduction 14
HP SUM
version
Delivered with Support and limitations
4.1.1
•
HP ProLiant Support Pack for Linux 8.62
•
No support for BL860c/BL870c/BL890c i2
Servers firmware or HP Integrity Support Pack
4.2.0
•
HP ProLiant Support Pack for Linux 8.70
•
HP ProLiant Support Pack for Windows®
8.70
•
No support for BL860c/BL870c/BL890c i2
Servers firmware or HP Integrity Support Pack
4.2.1
•
HP Smart Update Firmware DVD 9.30
•
No support for BL860c/BL870c/BL890c i2
Servers firmware or HP Integrity Support Pack
Deployment from HP SUM
The following sections discuss deployment from HP SUM.
Executing HP SUM
HP SUM provides three modes of execution for users:
• GUI—For firmware and software deployments
• Express—For software deployments only (local host only)
• Scripted—For firmware and software deployments running silently
HP SUM enables you to deploy to both local and remote deployments. HP SUM can run in both standard
Windows® and Linux operating systems in online mode and in offline mode (available on HP Smart Update
Firmware DVD) through special boot environments based on Linux boot kernels as long as the prerequisites
are met.
Use the following table to determine the correct execution mode for the server use case.
IMPORTANT: Before deploying software updates to a target server, be sure that a recent backup
of the target server is available in the event the deployment procedure fails.
Scenario Description HP SUM command HP deliverable
Interactive, graphical
deployment on a local
host (Run HP SUM on the
server being updated.)
Use this scenario when you:
•
Are not familiar with
command line tools
•
Are deploying
components on a local,
single host
•
Do not require scripting
•
Want to select the
components to be
installed
•
Windows®:
hpsum
•
Linux:
./hpsum
•
Online:
HP ProLiant Support Pack for
Windows® and Linux
or
Smart Update Firmware DVD
•
Offline:
Smart Update Firmware DVD
Scripted deployment on a
local host (Run HP SUM
from a network share on a
local server.)
Use this scenario when you:
•
Are familiar with
command line tools
•
Are deploying
components on a local,
single host
•
Must perform a
customized, scripted
•
Windows®:
hpsum -s
•
Linux:
./hpsum -s
•
Online:
HP ProLiant Support Pack for
Windows® and Linux
or
Smart Update Firmware DVD
or
HP Integrity Support Pack for