HP OneView - Manual (Page 187)

27 Managing the appliance
27.1 Updating the appliance
You manage appliance updates from the Settings screen or by using the REST APIs.
UI screens and REST API resources
REST API resource UI screen
appliance/firmware Settings
27.1.1 Roles
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Minimum required privileges: Infrastructure administrator
27.1.2 Tasks
Updating the appliance requires a single user accessing the appliance and causes the appliance
to restart. This does not disrupt the operation of the devices under management, but does result in
an outage of the appliance.
The appliance online help provides information about using the UI or the REST APIs to:
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Determine if a newer appliance update is available. (Minimum required privileges: Read only,
Network administrator, or Infrastructure administrator)
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Update the appliance. (Minimum required privileges: Infrastructure administrator)
27.1.3 About appliance updates
The appliance runs a combination of software and firmware. Maintaining up-to-date appliance
software and firmware fixes problems, improves performance, and adds new features to the
appliance. The appliance does not automatically notify you when an update is available, you
need to determine if an appliance update file has been released.
To view the installed version of appliance firmware, use the Settings
→Appliance General view.
Then, verify if a newer version of an appliance update file is available to download from the http://
www.hp.com/go/oneviewupdates website.
Before you update the appliance, examine the HP OneView Release Notes to learn about supported
upgrade paths, new features delivered in the update, best practices, limitations, troubleshooting
hints and tips, and whether or not you must restart the appliance after it is updated.
NOTE: When you download the appliance update file, a link to the update HP OneView Release
Notes appears in the download dialog box. HP recommends clicking that link to read and then
save and print the information for future reference. Once the download starts, you cannot access
that link again.
You manage appliance updates from the Settings
→Actions→Update appliance menu or by using
the REST APIs. An appliance update is installed from a single file during the update process. You
can either download the file directly to the appliance or to another computer and then transfer the
file to the appliance.
When you install an appliance update, the appliance restarts and goes offline. When the appliance
is offline, it does not affect the managed resources—they continue to operate while the appliance
is offline.
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