10.12 Online Update

You can set a manual or automatic method to update the appliance.

NOTE:It is recommended to take the snapshot of the current configuration so that you can revert the snapshot incase of error.

Online Update (Automatic Update Schedule: X) This title show which Schedule option is selected (represented by X).

Register Online Update Service: This dialog appears whenever the appliance is not registered with an update service. For example, the first time Online Update icon is clicked or when a service has been de-registered.

The appliance must be registered to receive online updates:

Service Type: Select the service type that the appliance will use to obtain online updates: a local Subscription Management Tool (SMT) or the Micro Focus Customer Center.

Micro Focus Customer Center

  • Email: Your email address for registering the appliance to receive updates.

  • Activation Key: This displays in your NCC Portal in the same dialog as your product license.

  • Allow Data send: Select from the following options if you want to share information with the Micro Focus Customer Center:

    • Hardware Profile: Shares the hardware information.

    • Optional Information: Shares information such as host type, productversion, release, architecture, timezone, and processor.

Local SMT: This is a server from where you can download the software updates and automatically install them to update the product.

  • Hostname: The hostname of the server from where you want the appliance to download software updates.

  • SSL cert URL (optional): The path to the SSL certificate for encrypting communications with the server.

  • Namespace path (optional): To enable the client to use the staging group, specify a value. Do not specify any value if you want to use the default production repositories.

Update service: X After you register the appliance for an update service, the service name appears in this field (represented by X).

Patches drop-down:

  • Needed Patches: Selecting this option lists that patches that will be installed during the next manual or automatic update.

  • Installed Patches: Selecting this option lists all patches that have been previously installed.

Schedule drop-down: Click this to set a schedule for when the appliance will download updates.

  • If you select Manual, the appliance immediately downloads all available patches.

  • If you select Daily, Weekly, or Monthly, you must then choose to apply either All Needed Patches or Security Patches Only.

  • For interactive patches, you must select the Automatically agree with all license agreements and Automatically install all interactive patches options.

Update Now tab: This is selectable only when the Patches drop-down is set to Needed Patches.

  • After clicking the option, you must choose to apply either All Needed Patches or Security Patches Only.

  • For interactive patches, you must select the Automatically agree with all license agreements and Automatically install all interactive patches options.

View Info tab: Clicking this displays information such as a brief summary of the patch and the bug fixes in the patch.

Register tab:

  • Clicking this displays the appliance’s registration status, and an option to Deregister the appliance.

  • If you deregister the appliance, the installed patches are no longer available in the Online Update page. You need to register again to the receive the updates.

Refresh tab: Clicking this refreshes the status of updates on the Appliance.