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Chapter 12 Managing Software Images Using Software Management

Software Distribution

After you schedule an image upgrade, you can use Software Management Job Browser (Software Mgmt

> Software Mgmt Jobs) to review, retry, or cancel a job.

After a successful distribution job, Software Management triggers

• A inventory and configuration collection.

• A Change Audit log. You can generate a Change Audit Standard Report in the Report Generator

window (Resource Manager Essentials > Reports > Report Generator).

Planning the Upgrade

Planning the upgrade typically involves these phases:

• Identifying Possible Changes

• Satisfying the Prerequisites

• Maintaining Your Software Image Repository

• Testing the New Images

Identifying which devices at your site might require software upgrades consists of these phases:

• Determine whether an upgrade is required

You can learn about new features or fixes in different ways.

You use the Browse Bugs option (Resource Manager Essentials > Reports > Report Generator

> Bug Toolkit) to summarize the software image bugs for the devices in your network.

You can schedule a Browse Bugs job to run at regular intervals. This will help you determine any

bugs related to current running images on the devices.

If you find a bug in your software, call the Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to know the status of

the bug.

Your sales engineer or channel partner notifies you of new features that might be appropriate for

your site.

You check Cisco.com periodically to review new release notes, bug-fix documentation, and

marketing bulletins.

• Retrieve information about the upgrade

Go to Cisco.com to read the most recent product Release Notes or bug-fix documentation. This

information will help you determine the software image version you need.

• Determine whether the upgrade is really necessary

After you determine the version you need, you can list the current software version numbers for your

managed devices.

You can generate this using (Resource Manager Essentials > Reports > Report Generator >

Inventory > Software Report)

The prerequisites for an software upgrades are: