Routine inspection for multiple remote servers

The UpdateXpress application supports the routine inspection for remote servers in batch.

1. Launch the UpdateXpress application. See Launching the UpdateXpress application.
2. In the Welcome window, click Next.
3. In the Target Server window, select Multi-server Management, and click Next.
4. In the Multi-server Management window, do one or more of the following:
   • To add new servers into server pool, select + Add new servers. In the Add new servers window, do one of the following:

     • Select IP range, input the IP address range and click Discover.

     • Select Discover by SSDP, select the target adapter and click Discover.

   • To remove the server from the Server Pool list, select one or more target servers, and click Action > Remove Selected.

   • To verify whether the user name and password are correct for the server, select one or more target servers, and click Action > Scan Selected.

   • To export the Server Pool list, select one or more target servers, click Action > Export.

     Note

     By default, the Server Pool list will be saved in the JSON file. Users can also select the CSV and XLS format.

   • To import the Server Pool list to other server, select one or more target servers from the list, click Action > Import and select the target JSON file.

   • To change the password of the server, select one or more target servers, click Action > Change IP and Password. On the Change IP and Password page, do one of the following:

     • To change the password for single server, input the new user name and password, and click Execute. The new user name and password will be automatically added to the drop-down list.

     • To change the password for multiple servers, click Export, modify the password in the exported CSV file, and save the file. Go back to the Change IP and Password page, click Import to add the CSV file, and click Execute.

     • To view the details of each server, click of the target server.

     Note

     The user role of USERID is Administrator, which cannot be changed.

   • To use common BMC credentials for management, select Input the common BMC credentials -, input user name and password.

5. Go back to the Multi-server Management window, click Next, a message will be prompted to remind users to confirm whether the certificate should be updated. Click Accept to update the certificate.
   Change password

   If users log in for the first time or the password is expired, change the password in the window.
6. In the Task window, select Routine Inspection, and click Next.
7. In the Routine Inspection Setting window, select Health Check or Asset Information Collect, and click Next.
8. In the Routine Inspection Execute window, select Execute, and click Next after the process is completed.
9. In Routine Inspection Report window, click Select to modify the path, click Save to save the report to the target path, and click Next.
10. In the Finish window, check the updates, and click Close to exit.