1Introduction
1.1 Concepts
UpdateManagementis based on a databaseconcept where the GUIs and
servicesc ommunicateexclusively v ia the database:
1. TheGUIs are used to define jobs for the services andw rite thesej obs
tothe database.
2. Theservices retrieve their jobs from the database,process these in the
backgroundandwrite the results to the database.
3. TheGUIs t hendisplay the results from the database.
Thetasks performedbyt hev ariousservices are described below:
TheInventory Servicereads the inventories of the PRIMERGY servers and
writest heresults t o the database.(The inventoryc ontainst heentire hard-
wareand software configurationdata of a PRIMERGY s erver.)
TheDownload Service downloadsupdates from the downloadserver into
therepository.
Inaddition to the downloadvia t heD ownloadService, you can also
importupdates fromt heS erverViewSuite DVD 1min. 7.812(Win-
dows)/ 10.09.09 (Linux),max. 10.12.04or the ServerView-Update
DVD to the repositoryusing the Repository Manager.
Forthe initial update(Update ManagerExpress) of your PRIMER GY
server,load the updatesfrom the ServerView Suite DVD 1 min. 7.812
(Windows)/ 10.09.09 (Linux),max. 10.12.04or theS erverView-Update
DVD first because otherwiset his process may take a very long time to
completedue to the largevolume of data. Since the DVD, which is pub-
lishedalmost monthly, may notcontain the latest updates,you should
thendownloadthe latest updatesusing the DownloadService.
10 ServerViewUpdate Management