Creating a Rolling System Update task

You can create an update task and schedule a firmware update at a planned time.

About this task

You can update host firmware with or without a policy.

• Update with Policy

  You can create firmware-compliance policies and then apply the policies to the managed devices to ensure that firmware on those devices remains compliant. The following prerequisites are necessary.

  • Host machines must be added to and managed by Lenovo XClarity Administrator.

  • Firmware-compliance policies must be created in Lenovo XClarity Administrator.

  • Firmware is downloaded in Lenovo XClarity Administrator.

  • Lenovo XClarity Administrator must be registered in Lenovo XClarity Integrator.

  Note

  If you registered Lenovo XClarity Administrator in Lenovo XClarity Integrator, and later added a new server to the Lenovo XClarity Administrator, when you create the update task, you might not be able to see the host. If it happens, wait and retry 1 hour later.

• Update without Policy

  If Lenovo XClarity Administrator is not available in your environment, you must select individual firmware updates or UXSP for each server. The following prerequisites are necessary.

  • The steps in Setting host authentication must be completed when you create a task of type Update without Policy.

  • The steps in Setting Rolling System Update Preferences must be completed when you create a task of type Update without Policy.

Procedure

Complete the following steps to create a Rolling System Update task.

1. On Task Manager page, click Create to launch the create task wizard.
2. Specify a task name, select the task type (Update with Policy or Update without Policy), and click Next.
   Note

   Ensure that all prerequisites are met for each task type
3. Select firmware updates, and click Next.

   If Update with Policy is selected, select an available firmware policy from the Policy drop-down list for each host. You can view firmware-version defined in the policy and customize firmware selection.

   If Update without Policy is selected, select the specific firmware for each host that you want to update.

4. Select one or more of the following update options, and click Next.

   • Update Parallelization. Specifies how many hosts to update concurrently

   • Perform VM Evacuation. Specifies whether to migration virtual machines before updating the host.

   • Schedule. Schedules the task to run at a planned time.

5. View task summary, and click Save.