HP Smart Update Manager - Manual (Page 106)

Activate
activate enables you to activate updates previously staged or installed. This may involve rebooting
or other processes based on specific devices.
Syntax
hpsum activate [--nodes [nodelist]] [--cancelpending]
Parameters
The activate command provides the following options:
Description Option
The HP SUM script initiates this action. hpsum
The command to activate pending HP SUM updates. activate
A list of the nodes (full hostname or IP address) on which
to perform the activate nodes operation. If you do not --nodes [nodelist]
provide any, the command applies to all nodes in the
session.
When specified, the pending firmware update is cancelled
instead of activated. --cancelPending
Return codes
Text Linux Windows Return Code
The command was successful. 0 0 SUCCESS_NO_REBOOT
The command completed successfully, but was
not required or everything was already
current <No activation was needed>
3 3 SUCCESS_NOT_REQUIRED
A general failure occurred. For details,
see the logs.
255 -1 FAILURE_GENERAL
A bad input parameter was encountered. For
details, see the logs.
254 -2 FAILURE_BAD_PARM
The installation of the component failed. 253 -3 FAILURE_COMPONENT_FAILED
The command failed. For details, see the
logs.
252 -4 FAILURE_COMMAND_FAILED
Example
Windows sample command line
C:\> hpsum activate /nodes a.b.c.d a.b.c2.d2
Activating a.b.c.d
Linux/HP-UX sample command line
$ hpsum activate --nodes a.b.c.d a.b.c2.d2
Activating a.b.c.d
Activating a.b.c2.d2
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