HP Smart Update Manager - Manual (Page 7)

Deploying HP SUM
The following sections discuss deployment from HP SUM. For more information on planning an
update, see the HP ProLiant Firmware Management Best Practices Overview, HP ProLiant Firmware
Management Best Practices Planning Guide, or HP BladeSystem ProLiant Firmware Management
Best Practices Implementer Guide, available on the HP SUM documentation website at
http://
www.hp.com/go/hpsum/documentation .
NOTE: HP SUM stores host and group information from session to session. However, user names,
passwords, and existing credentials are not stored in a session or from session to session.
Running HP SUM
HP SUM provides three ways of running for users:
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GUI—For firmware and software deployments
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Express—For software deployments only (local host only)
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Scripted—For silent firmware and software deployments
HP SUM supports local and remote deployments. HP SUM runs in standard Windows and Linux
operating systems in online and offline mode. For more information about deployment modes, see
“Deployment modes” (page 11) .
NOTE: You cannot use Windows Hyper-V systems to deploy updates. You can select Hyper-V
systems as a target from HP SUM.
Use the following table to determine the correct execution mode for the server use case.
NOTE: 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.
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