6ManagingU pdates
6.3 DownloadM anager
TheDownload Managerprovidesy ouw ith a convenientway toget the latest
versionsof firmware, BIOS, drivers, and ServerView agents for yourserver.
TheDownload Managerrelievesyou of the task of performingtime-con-
sumingsearches for suitable updateinformation.
Informationandupdate files are providedon the web server of Fujitsu Tech-
nologySolutions for yours erverupdate. The DownloadManager first loads
theinformation files to a downloaddirectory. The data in these information
filesprovides the Download Managerand the othercomponents of the Server-
ViewSuite w ith an overviewof theavailable updates.
Inthe next s tep, the requiredupdatefiles are retrievedf romthe web server.
Thesecontain updateinformation for firmware, BIOS, drivers, or ServerView
agents,which can then be distributedt o the relevantservers by the Update
Manager.This step-by-stepprocedureminimizes the load times for the down-
load.
Onthe user interface, you definedownload tasks that search for available
updatesfor selected servers in the time intervals you havec hosen.The
DownloadService of the Download Managerthen automaticallyloads the
requiredfiles fromt hew ebs erverto a directory on your managementserver.

6.3.1 Adjusting the Download Service

Youcan limit the number of downloadtasks (concurrentjobs)that can be
executedin parallelas f ollows:
1. Makesure that no downloadtasks arerunning. C heck the status icons
onthe Schedules Taskst ab.
2. Stopthe Download Service.
3. Editt heDownloadServer.ini filei n the
<scripts>/ServerView/Downloaddirectory.
Thisdirectory is located on the managementstation.
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