HPE XP7 Automation Director User Manual page 283

Prerequisites
• The update target server is running.
• The update target server can access the website that allows Windows Update to run from Internet
Explorer (without using a proxy server.)
• The Windows Update service is running.
• An OS update information file containing the following information is stored on the local server:
◦ Number of columns: there must be no more than 255 columns after the first column containing a
column name or data.
◦ Column names for CSV files:
– Column names are optional. Specify them in the first row.
– Regardless of whether column names are used, data retrieval must start from the second row or
a following row.
◦ Column names for Excel files:
– Column names are required. In the file, the first row containing data is assumed to be the row of
column names.
– Data retrieval starts from the row below the row of column names.
– When specifying column names, follow the rules described in the following section:
◦ Execution-target server information
Each row in the OS update information file must have a unique key value, specified in the key
value column. You can use any value for the key value. We recommend that you use short values,
such as integers starting from 1. Key values must not contain a double quotation mark (") or single
quotation mark ('). The sum of the total number of bytes for all key values and the number of data
rows must not exceed 1,017 bytes. If you omit a key value, the corresponding row is excluded from
the processing target.
◦ Exceptions list information
The exceptions list is a comma-separated list of program numbers (such as KB9999999). Update
programs with numbers that are included in this list (as an exact match) are excluded from the
installation target. You can specify any value for the exception list information of each row.
• To run this service, you must set the local server (loopback address resolved by "localhost") and the
server that is the connection destination as agentless connection destinations.
Excel column name rules
The following rules apply to column names:
• Use string-type data instead of numeric-type data.
• The specifiable characters are:
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