HP Smart Update Manager - Manual (Page 50)

3. If you want to downgrade or rewrite options to firmware or software only, click Force options
can be applied to, and then select from the following:
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Firmware: This displays only firmware updates.
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Software: This displays only software updates.
4. In the Associated Node Details field, select any nodes that you want to update.
5. In the Baseline Library field, select each component that you want to update. Use the Search
box to type in search terms for the components. For more information about an update, click
the version number. If you are deploying a Linux node, HP SUM displays only RPM updates
that are valid for your node.
NOTE: You can click Force to downgrade or rewrite a component that is available for
downgrade or rewrite. If you select Downgrade, Rewrite, or both in the Installation Options,
HP SUM does not display the Force button.
6. If you want to change when the node reboots after an update, click Reboot Options and do
the following:
a.
In Reboot System After Installation, select No, If Needed, or Always.
b. In Reboot Delay (seconds), enter the number of seconds you want the node to wait before
beginning the reboot.
c. In the text box, enter a reboot message of up to 255 characters to display before the
node reboots.
NOTE: If HP SUM cannot successfully deploy all updates in a node, it does not reboot the
node. View the deployment logs to find and resolve the issue before you reboot the node.
7. HP SUM displays a list of updates that are available. You can select or deselect updates that
you don’t want to perform.
8. Click Analysis, and then click Deploy to begin the deployment.
NOTE: To begin the deployment, all dependency issues must be resolved, for example,
adding a baseline, administrator credentials, and supported installed versions.
9. Click View log for the node, in the General section of the Node screen, and then click View
log for the component you installed, to view the details of the installation.
VM host reports
1. From the VM hosts screen, highlight the VM host for which you want to generate reports.
2. Click Actions
→Reports.
3. The VM host report function uses the same function as the Node report function.
To generate a report
1. From the Nodes screen, select a report or multiple reports, and then click Actions
→Report.
2. Select the reports you want to generate:
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Firmware details: This displays firmware versions that are currently installed on the node.
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Deploy preview: This displays components that HP SUM can install on the node.
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Failed Dependency details: This displays any failed dependencies on the node.
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Last deploy details: This displays details about what HP SUM installed on a node.
NOTE: If you cannot select a report, HP SUM might not have enough information to generate
the report.
3. Click the report format you want HP SUM to generate, HTML, CSV, or XML.
50 Using the HP SUM GUI