Updating Systems Director; Installing A Newer Version; Installing Updates With Your Management Server Is Connected To The Internet; Installing Updates With Your Management Server Is Not Connected To The Internet - Lenovo System x3550 M3 Problem Determination And Service Manual

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Updating Systems Director

If you plan to use Systems Director to manage the server, you must check for the latest applicable Systems
Director updates and interim fixes.
Note: Changes are made periodically to the Lenovo website. The actual procedure might vary slightly from
what is described in this document.

Installing a newer version

To locate and install a newer version of Systems Director, complete the following steps:
Step 1.
Check for the latest version of Systems Director:
a.
Go to
http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/downloads.html
b.
If a newer version of Systems Director than what comes with the server is shown in the drop-
down list, follow the instructions on the web page to download the latest version.
Step 2.
Install the Systems Director program.
Installing updates with your management server is connected to the
Internet
If your management server is connected to the Internet, to locate and install updates and interim fixes,
complete the following steps:
Step 1.
Make sure that you have run the Discovery and Inventory collection tasks.
Step 2.
On the Welcome page of the Systems Director web interface, click View updates.
Step 3.
Click Check for updates. The available updates are displayed in a table.
Step 4.
Select the updates that you want to install, and click Install to start the installation wizard.
Installing updates with your management server is not connected to the
Internet
If your management server is not connected to the Internet, to locate and install updates and interim fixes,
complete the following steps:
Step 1.
Make sure that you have run the Discovery and Inventory collection tasks.
Step 2.
On a system that is connected to the Internet, go to
Step 3.
From the Product family list, select Systems Director.
Step 4.
From the Product list, select Systems Director.
Step 5.
From the Installed version list, select the latest version, and clickContinue.
Step 6.
Download the available updates.
Step 7.
Copy the downloaded files to the management server.
Step 8.
On the management server, on the Welcome page of the Systems Director web interface, click the
Manage tab, and click Update Manager.
Step 9.
Click Import updates and specify the location of the downloaded files that you copied to the
management server.
Step 10. Return to the Welcome page of the Web interface, and click View updates.
Step 11. Select the updates that you want to install, and click Install to start the installation wizard.
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
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Chapter 6
Configuration information and instructions
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