HP ProLiant Support Pack - Manual (Page 25)

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the -inputfile flag, and takes precedence over any given input file. The <filename> field can be enclosed
in double quotes to enable paths with spaces.
Input file format and rules
The input file is divided into two sections:
• Configuration
The configuration section starts from the beginning of the file and proceeds until the first target section
is encountered. This section consists of a number of settings parameters and their values. Each
configuration setting must appear on a fresh line in the file along with its value. Comments start with a
# character at the beginning of the line. Only one # is allowed on any line.
• Target
You can provide remote host targets to HP Smart Update Manager. This section can repeat any number
of times in the input file, providing a way to organize targets in related sets.
The section starts with a special header "TARGETS" enclosed in a pair of square brackets:
[TARGETS]
Targets section ends with the special string "END" enclosed in a pair of brackets:
[END]
The keyword TARGETS can be suffixed with an optional arbitrary string. This enables you to tag the
purpose of the TARGETS section. Other than the visible difference in the header, the contents of such a
section are not treated any differently. For example,
[TARGETS_WIN2003]
...
[END]
o Credentials: The TARGETS section allows the targets to be grouped according to the credentials
needed for logging in remotely. Each TARGETS section must have a set of login credentials, which
applies to all targets in that section. If you want to use the current host's login credentials to log into
one or more remote targets, you can do so by setting the variable USECURRENTCREDENTIAL to
YES. Login credentials for one or more hosts can be supplied using the variables UID and PWD. If
given at the beginning of a TARGETS section, both variables must be used. If given in the middle of
a TARGETS section, one or the other can be used to override the selected variable and continue
using the active value for the remaining variable.
o Remote Target: A remote target can be specified using the variable HOST. Possible values are a
DNS Name or an IP address.
File encoding
To allow for the inclusion of double-byte characters, the input file is in UTF-8 format.
Error reporting
If errors are encountered in the input file, HP Smart Update Manager exits with a return value of -2 (bad
parameter). The details of the location and nature of the error are recorded in
hpsum_execution_log_<date>_<time>.raw.