Users Guide

About command line interface mode

The Command Line Interface (CLI) mode allows you to run commands from a command prompt to perform comparisons and updates.

Run SUU in CLI mode, in the DSU root directory. If you are running SUU from a network shared location, copy the DSU ISO contents to a

shared directory and run the CLI from the shared directory.

You can use the CLI to:

• Perform comparisons and updates. For the list of commands, see List of CLI Commands.

• View the progress of the update.

Topics:

• Launching SUU in CLI mode

• List of CLI commands

Launching SUU in CLI mode

You can run SUU from the directory where the SUU ISO is mounted. To update components on multiple systems in the CLI mode:

1. Access the system on which SUU is installed or choose the path where the ISO is loaded.

2. Run commands suu — c or suu — u, displays the comparison report and updates all the components.

List of CLI commands

Table 4. CLI Commands List

CLI Command Syntax Command Description

— ? | — h | — help Displays the help message.

— g | — gui Launches the SUU Graphical user Interface.

NOTE: On systems running Linux operating systems this

option can be used only from the X Window system.

— u | — update Update the system components to the repository level.

Components in your system that are of a higher version than the

components in the repository are downgraded without prompting

you for confirmation. Not recommended always.

— e | — upgradeonly Upgrades all components repository versions that are greater than

the current versions installed on the system. You cannot upgrade

individual components using CLI. To do this, use the GUI.

— n | — downgradeonly Downgrades all the system components greater than the

repository components to the repository versions.

NOTE: SUU does not allow you to downgrade individual

components.

— p | — progress Shows the progress of the upgrade or downgrade.

— c | — comparison Compares the current component.

— d | — directory Directs the event logs to a different directory than the default

location.

— s | — stoponfail Stops the update if a failure occurs during the update of the first

component.

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