HP Smart Update Manager (User Guide) - Manual (Page 35)

Prerequisites for using Linux root credentials
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If you have run HP SUM as a root user, remove the temp directory created by HP SUM.
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Make sure you have read/write access permissions to the /tmp and /var directories.
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If you create a sudo user, make sure that you add that user to the /ect/sudousers file. The
following table shows the privileges and specifications for users.
Specification Privilege User
ALL ALL= (ALL) Root
ALL ALL= (ALL) Sudo_user
Switch update commands
G7 and earlier servers do not support AMS agents. The following tables show what updates occur
when you use the switch agent commands.
NOTE: To find out if you have any switches installed, use HP SUM to create the Target Firmware
Details Report.
The following table shows what updates occur if no switches are currently installed.
Gen8 servers G7 and earlier servers Command
AMS SNMP no switches
Nothing Nothing /no_mgmt
AMS Nothing /use_ams
SNMP SNMP /use_snmp
WBEM WBEM /use_wmi
AMS and SNMP SNMP /use_ams /use_snmp
AMS and WBEM WBEM /use_ams /use_wmi
WBEM and SNMP WBEM and SNMP /use_wmi /use_snmp
AMS, SNMP, and WBEM WBEM and SNMP /use_ams /use_wmi /use_snmp
The following table shows what updates occur if SNMP switches are currently installed.
Gen8 servers G7 and earlier servers Command
SNMP SNMP no switches
SNMP and AMS SNMP /use_ams
SNMP SNMP /use_snmp
WBEM and SNMP WBEM and SNMP /use_wmi
AMS and SNMP SNMP /use_ams /use_snmp
AMS, SNMP, and WBEM WBEM and SNMP /use_ams /use_wmi
WBEM and SNMP WBEM and SNMP /use_wmi /use_snmp
AMS, SNMP, and WBEM WBEM and SNMP /use_ams /use_wmi /use_snmp
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