Command line arguments
HP Smart Update Manager recognizes the following command line arguments. These arguments prepopulate the GUI in the Select Items to be Installed screen. If you specify the host or group, the Select Items to be Installed screen does not appear.
You cannot use some arguments such as /romonly
and /softwareonly
together.
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This argument displays command line Help information. |
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This argument enables you to override or downgrade an existing component installation. This argument produces the same results as |
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This argument enables you to override or downgrade the existing installation of components in the selected bundle. |
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This argument enables you to override or downgrade the existing installation of the selected firmware components. (Applies to firmware only.) |
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This argument enables you to override or downgrade the existing installation of the selected software components. |
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This argument enables you to override or downgrade the existing installation of the selected software components, firmware components, and bundles. |
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This argument enables you to downgrade to an earlier version of firmware for multi-target devices such as hard drives and array controllers. (Applies to firmware only.) |
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This argument enables you to rewrite the same version of firmware only for multi-target devices such as hard drives and array controllers. (Applies to firmware only.) |
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If the device you want to flash is in a shared storage environment, then this argument informs the firmware flash engine to flash the firmware. If the device to be flashed is in a shared storage environment, and the |
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If the following conditions are met, then this argument causes the server (or host server in a remote installation) to reboot:
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This argument displays the specified reboot message on remote consoles connected to the server you want to reboot. You must use this argument with the |
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This argument delays the reboot of the server for the length of time specified by the timeout_in_seconds variable. You must use this argument with the |
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If the following conditions are met, then this argument forces the server to reboot:
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This argument causes the installation to run silently with no GUI or console output. All data writes to the log file. Any generated prompts use the default option and continue the installation without user input. If a component requires input before installation (such as configuration information), then the component installation fails, and an error message writes to the log file. Failed dependencies are not reported to the user when using the |
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This argument specifies the components to install. Components to install can be specified with or without the |
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This argument specifies an already defined group name in the HP Smart Update Manager GUI. |
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This argument specifies the bundles to install. Bundles to install can be specified with or without the |
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This argument is a filter switch and enables the user to install newer versions of components defined in a PSP or firmware bundle. This argument enables these components to replace the older versions of the same component that might have shipped with the bundles. |
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This argument is a filter switch and enables the user to install components that are not included in the bundle but reside in the directory with the components in the bundle. |
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This argument is a filter switch for use with bundles. The argument enables you to use the latest version of the bundle when multiple versions of bundles are listed on the command line. If there are no bundles specified on the command line, and multiple bundles are in the directory, the |
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This argument specifies a directory or file share that contains the PSP and components for use with HP Smart Update Manager. The "file_share" format must be a mapped file share and not in Universal Naming Convention (UNC) format. If you do not specify this argument, the directory containing hpsum.exe or HP Smart Update Manager is used by default. This populates the Directory box on the Source Selection screen. The logged-in account must have access to this location. The |
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This argument specifies that the check box for Check ftp.hp.com on the Source Selection screen is to be selected. This allows components to be retrieved from hp.com and to be used in the list of possible updates. |
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This argument specifies that the check box for Include components previously downloaded from HP.com on the Source Selection screen is to be selected. This allows those previously downloaded components to be included in the list of possible updates. |
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These arguments specify that if a TPM is enabled, the warning message must be ignored and component installation is allowed to continue. |
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This argument specifies that components, which use SNMP protocol, are available to be selected for installation. These components are available for selection by default. When the |
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This argument specifies that components, which use WMI protocol, are available to be selected for installation. These components are optional by default and will not be installed unless this argument is used. When the |
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This argument is a filter switch and enables the user to see only the firmware components needed for installation. When using this filter switch, you must exit, and then restart HP Smart Update Manager to return to an unfiltered state. Do not use the |
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This argument is a filter switch and allows the user to see only the software components needed for installation. When using this filter switch, you must exit, and then restart HP Smart Update Manager to return to an unfiltered state. Do not use the |
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This argument simulates the installation for a test run. Nothing is installed. |
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This argument causes the installation to continue and ignore errors. Valid values are <error>=ServerNotFound, <error>=BadPassword and <error>= FailedDependencies. The ServerNotFound option can be used to bypass inactive or unavailable remote hosts when deploying firmware or software to multiple remote hosts at the same time. FailedDependencies can be used to ignore any failed dependencies and proceed with the ones that are ready to be installed. |
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This argument defines the behavior when a remote target has an existing HP Smart Update Manager session in progress. This argument overrides the session in progress and reinitializes the installation framework on the remote host. |
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This argument starts express install (for local host only). The HP Smart Update Manager performs discovery, install, or exit without user interaction. The user can cancel or terminate HP Smart Update Manager. |
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This argument enables you to log in to HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator with your user ID. |
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This argument enables you to use the password for the user ID specified in the |
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This argument enables the credentials of the local host to be used as the credentials to access the targets instead of providing the username and password explicitly for each target. The assumption is that the current credentials are valid for the targets being accessed. (Applies to Windows® operating systems only.) |
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This argument is the IP address or the DNS name of a HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator or remote host. When two Onboard Administrators are in an enclosure, this argument should be the active Onboard Administrator. When specifying the IP address, you can use either the IPv4 or IPv6 format. |
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This argument enables you to redirect the output from HP Smart Update Manager or the HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator flash utility to a different directory than the default location. For Windows® components, the default location is %SYSTEMDRIVE%CPQSYSTEMhplog<netAddress> and the redirected location is <path>hplog<netAddress>. For Linux components, the default location is /var/hp/log/<netAddress> and the redirected location is <path>/hp/log/<netAddress>. |
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These arguments enable you to set the verbosity level for the HP Smart Update Manager execution log file, hpsum_execution_log_<date>_<time>.log. Using one of these arguments increases the level of detail that is retained in the log file. The default value is normal verbosity. |
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This argument generates a report listing, a target summary, and how the components in the repository affect the target (For example, whether each component applies to the target or not). The report name is of the format, HPSUM_ Report_<date>_<time>.html. By default, it is located in the present working directory where HP Smart Update Manager is initiated from. If that location is write-protected, the report can be found in the same directory as the HP Smart Update Manager log files. |
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This argument generates a report listing of the components in the specified repository. The report name is of the format, HPSUM_Inventory_Report_<date>_<time>.html. By default, it is located in the present working directory where HPSUM is initiated from. If that location is write-protected, the report can be found in the same directory as the HP Smart Update Manager log files. |
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This argument allows you to script the deployment of firmware and software to multiple remote systems at one time. For details of the file format and commands, see the Creating HP Smart Update Manager input files section. |