3Update Procedures
3.1 Online update
Thisprocedureallows y out o updatecomponents underthe control of the
operatingsystem that is currently running(Windows, Linux). In this c ase the
UpdateManageruses tools w hichare providedby thesoftw arevendors.
Figure 2: Diagram ofthe update procedu re (online )
1. TheInventory Managercreates inventories by collecting informationon
theinstalled software and firmwarec omponentsof all servers in the
serverlist and storing this information in a database.The Inventory Man-
agercan createt heinventories either on commandor cyclic ally.
2. TheUpdate Managercompares theinventories enteredin t hedatabase
witht hes oftwareand firmware componentsin t herepository. Based on
thedifferences arising fromt his comparison,it thencreates a list of
componentsands erversthat need updating.
3. If you areupdating via the graphicaluser interface select the com-
ponentswhich are to be updated.If y ouare working with the CLI use
the-U option to specify the repository from which the updatedata is to
betaken.
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