Users Guide

8. Select at least one component from the list, and click Next to proceed. You can filter the content of the component data
grid using the Filter field or, drag and drop columns within the component data grid. If you select the Allow Firmware
downgrade check box, the existing firmware version will roll back to the previous available version.
9. Click Next, the Schedule Firmware Update screen is displayed.
a. Enter the firmware update job name in the Firmware Update Job Name field. This value is mandatory.
b. Enter the firmware update description in the Firmware Update Description field. This value is optional.
10. Select an option from the following.
a. Update Now, select this radio button to run the firmware update job now and click on Next.
b. Schedule Update button, select this radio button to run the firmware update job later and click on Next. You can
schedule the firmware update job after 30 minutes from the current time.
c. In the Calendar box, select the month and day.
d. In the Time text box, type the time in HH:MM, and then click Next. The time is the local timezone where your client is
physically located. Invalid time values result in a blocked update.
11. The Summary screen is displayed with all the firmware update details.
12. Click Finish and a message The firmware update job has been created for successful firmware update is displayed.
Viewing Firmware Update Status for Clusters and Datacenters
For information to display on this page, run or schedule a firmware update for a cluster or a host.
On this page you can refresh, purge, or abort your firmware update jobs.
1. From the OpenManage Integration, select Monitor > Job Queue > Firmware Updates.
2. To display the most recent information, click Refresh.
3. View the status in the datagrid. This grid offers the following information about firmware update jobs:
● Status
● Scheduled Time
● Name
● Description
● vCenter
● Collection Size
The collection size is the number of servers on this firmware inventory job.
● Progress Summary
The progress summary lists the progress details of this firmware update.
4. To see more details about a particular job, in the datagrid for a particular job, click on a item of master datagrid. The details
are displayed in the details datagrid.
Here you can find the following details:
● Host Name
● Status
● Start Time
● End Time
5. If you want to abort a scheduled firmware update that is not running, click Abort.
6. If you want to modify a scheduled job click on Modify.
7. If you want to purge scheduled firmware updates, click Purge Job Queue.
You can only purge jobs that are completed successfully or failed or else cancelled.
8. Select the Older than date and job Status, and click Apply. The selected jobs are then clear it from the queue.
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