Users Guide

Table 3. Comparison Report Features

Tasks Action

Viewing Report To view the report, in the left pane, click the system’s host

name.

Sorting Columns To sort columns, click the column names.

NOTE: The columns are sorted in the ascending or

descending order.

Exporting Report To export the report, click Export Report.

NOTE: You can save the report in a .csv, .html, or .xml

format on the system.

For systems running Windows operating system, make sure the

name of the report or the path does not exceed 260 characters.

For systems running Linux operating system, make sure that the

name of the report does not exceed 255 characters or the path

does not exceed 4096 characters.

Upgrading system components

SUU compares the version of the components installed on the system with the versions available in the repository. If the system

component versions are earlier than the repository version, SUU enables the Upgrade button on the upper right corner of the

Comparison Report.

To upgrade the repository components:

1. Select the components that you want to upgrade.

2. Click Upgrade to apply the components that you have selected.

3. In the Confirm Update dialog box, click Yes to confirm and continue or No to cancel.

While upgrading the components, SUU displays an update report. After completion, SUU displays an Update Complete dialog

box.

4. Click OK.

The status of the upgrade is reflected in the Comparison Report.

NOTE: When you perform an upgrade, SUU copies all the update packages into a temporary directory on the system:

%systemdrive%>

:\dell\suu , on systems running Microsoft Windows operating system and /var/log/dell/suu , on

systems running Linux operating systems. SUU deletes this temporary directory after the upgrade process is complete.

If a restart is required to complete the upgrade process, the directory is saved until the restart process is complete.

Downgrading System Components

SUU compares the components installed on the system with the component versions available in the repository. If the system

component versions later than the repository versions, SUU enables the Enable Downgrade button on the upper right corner of the

Comparison Report.

To downgrade the repository components:

1. Select Enable Downgrade.

SUU disables Enable System Set Update and selects only those component versions that are later than the repository version

to downgrade.

2. Select Downgrade. All downgradeable components are automatically selected.

3. In the Confirm Update dialog box, click Yes to confirm and continue or No to cancel.

While downgrading the components, SUU displays an update report. After completion, SUU displays an Update Complete

dialog box.