Owner's Manual

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1 Click Manage  Software .
2 In the left pane, click Software  Manage Dell Hardware Updates .
3 In the right pane, select a bundle in the table.
4 Click Stage and Distribute Selected Updates .
5 The stage and distribute task is displayed in the Stage and Distribute job
in the folder
Jobs and Tasks  System Jobs and Tasks  Software  Patch
Management for Dell Servers
 Server . The job is read only and used for
viewing the progress of the rollout job. After the stage and distribute task is
completed, the rollout job is created.
6 After creating bundle rollout jobs, navigate to the folder Jobs and Tasks 
System Jobs and Tasks  Software  Patch Management for Dell Servers 
Rollout Jobs  Bundles to view the status of bundle rollout jobs.
Viewing Status of Rollout Jobs
The Stage and Distribute Updates job processes the DUPs and creates a
Rollout Job for individual DUPs or bundle updates.
To view status of rollout jobs:
1
In Dell Management Console, do any of the following:
•Click
Manage  Jobs and Tasks .
•Click
Patch Management for Dell Servers Home . The rollout job status is
displayed in the
Review status of update tasks Web part.
To view rollout jobs: select Jobs and Tasks System Jobs and Tasks
Software Patch Management for Dell Servers Rollout Jobs
DUPs/Bundles.
Lifecycle Controller Enabled Rollout Job
A Lifecycle controller enabled rollout job is an Altiris Jobs infrastructure
based job that consists of all the Lifecycle controller enabled patch tasks. You
can run a single rollout job to apply many updates.
For example, if n number of updates are applied, then the rollout job contains
the following:
• n number of Lifecycle controller enabled Send Update tasks
• One Lifecycle controller enabled Execute Update task
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