Web Services Interface Guide

64 Dell Lifecycle Controller Web Services Interface Guide for Windows

7.10 Device Update from Repository

This feature allows multiple firmware updates by specifying a network repository which contains a catalog

of available updates. All applicable updates contained in the repository are applied to the system.

Following two methods introduced as a part of DCIM_SoftwareUpdate profile

 InstallFromRepository: Initiate a job for device updates and creates a comparison report.

 GetRepoBasedUpdateList: Get the comparison report generated with InstallFromRepository

7.10.1 Install from Repository

The InstallFromRepository method applies the updates

Options available for user to update devices from repositories using WS-Man.

ApplyUpdate

ReboootNeeded

Actions

Only comparison report is generated

TRUE

All updates are applied immediately.

Note: If the update requires a restart, the

system is automatically

restarted immediately.

FALSE

Currently, only updates that do not require

a system restart will

be applied. For example, Driver Pack

DUPs. For those that

require a restart, a separate reboot job will

have to be created by

the user with CreateRebootJob. These

updates will go to a

scheduled state and are run after a restart.

Example:

winrm i InstallFromRepository

cimv2/root/dcim/DCIM_SoftwareInstallationService?CreationClassName=DCIM_Software

InstallationService+SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem+SystemName=IDRAC

:ID+Name=SoftwareUpdate -u:root -p:calvin -r:https://[iDRAc ip]/wsman: -

SkipCNCheck -SkipCACheck -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic @{ipAddress="[Share ip

address] ";ShareName="[] ";ShareType="[]";UserName="[] ";Password="

";RebootNeeded="TRUE";CatalogFile="Catalog.xml";ApplyUpdate="1"}

OUTPUT: