HP Systems Insight Manager 7.2 Technical Reference Guide

Adding systems to baseline from the Managing Software/Firmware Baselines page.
1. Sign in to HP SIM. Select Deploy→Software Firmware Baseline→Manage Software/Firmware
Baseline. All baselines available in HP VCRM are displayed.
2. To assign the system to an appropriate baseline, select the baselines, and then click
Add/Remove Systems. The Assign Systems to Baseline section appears.
3. To add additional systems, click Add System, select systems, and click Apply.
4. To add additional systems, click Add Systems.
Tracking Software/Firmware Baselines
This page displays each system and its selected baseline, if any. The SW column (Software status)
shows the state of the system compared to the assigned baseline. If no baseline is assigned to the
system, then the status field is either informational or unknown. From this page, you can:
• View System Software
Available when only one system is selected. A table appears that displays the installed software
and firmware on the system.
• View Baseline Details
Available when only one system is selected and is assigned to baseline.
• Assign to Baseline
Enables you to assign systems/system collections to a particular baseline.
Select systems from the table and click Assign to Baseline. Then, select a baseline from the
dropdown menu and click Save.
• Updating Systems to Baseline
Enables you to update the assigned systems/system collections to the selected baseline.
The Install Software and Firmware page is displayed where you can create and run the Install
Software and Firmware task. When the task runs, it will install to each target system the
Baseline that is assigned to that system at the time of task execution. System Baseline
assignments can change before, after and between task executions.
Adding systems to the baseline from the Tracking Software/Firmware Baslines page
1. Enter the system IP address, and then click Apply.
2. Click Next.
3. Click Assign to Baseline.
4. Select the baseline, and then click Save.
Installing Software and Firmware through baselines
When this task runs, it installs to each target system the baseline that is assigned to that system at
the time of task execution. System baseline assignments can change before, after, and between
task executions. Perform the following to control how the task job runs;
Procedure 300 Installing software and firmware through baselines
1. Select Select if upgrading FW on a system with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) enabled, if
applicable.
2. Select Force downgrade or reinstall the same version if applicable.
3. Select one of the following:
• Select Perform offline SPP deployment, and select action to take when deployement is
complete.
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