Status

This view shows the list of all diagnostic tests that are currently running or were already terminated on the member devices of the group. It can be filtered to reduce the list either by Execution Status or by Diagnostic Result. The table provides the following details on the tests:

Right-clicking an entry allows you to go to the selected entry by selecting the Go To item of the appearing pop-up menu or by double-clicking the entry. The focus of the console will be moved to the selected device under the Devices node.

This section includes following topics:

Changing the update manager

f you need to define another device as the Update Manager, proceed as follows:

1. Click Change Update Manager.
   The Change Update Manager window displays.
2. Select the new Update Manager from one of the available lists.
3. Click OK.

The selected device is now the new Update Manager. The focus of the console moves to the Update Manager view of the device. There you can ensure that it is up to date by checking for later versions and if required updating the components.

Checking for available updates

To verify if updates are available for one or more of the components, proceed as follows:

1. Click Check for Update.

A verification is launched via the Internet to check for available updates.

• If none are found only the Last Verification date box above the table is updated with the date and time of this operation.
• If one or more updates are available this information is presented as follows:
  • The icon color of the Last Verification box changes to either yellow (update available for at least one component) or red (updates available for all components).
  • The value of the Status box of the respective component changes to Out of Date.
  • The color of the Status icon changes to yellow or red.

Local update manager status

To locally verify the status of the Update Manager , proceed as follows:

1. Go to the Device Topology > Your Update Manager > Agent Configuration > Module Configuration > Update Management node.
2. Select the Update Status tab.

This view displays the following information about the current status of the Update Manager:

Updating the components

After a verification indicated that updates are available for at least one component, proceed as follows:

1. Click the arrow next to Status Update all Components and select which components to update. You have the following options:
   • Update All Components to update all components for which an updated version is available.
   • Update Security Products and Virtualization (before v12) to update only the security products and the virtualization modules or
   • Update Software Catalog to only update the software catalog.
2. The update process is launched.

1. 1. The available updates for the selected components are downloaded.
   2. The value of the Available Version changes to the version number of the version that was just downloaded.
   3. The installation process of the components is started.

After the update process is finished, the value of the Version box changes to that of the Available Version , the status will change to Up to Date, the icon turns green again and the Last Update Time changes to the current date and time value.

Any type of failed status, such as Download Failed , License expired will be displayed via a red flag. During the update process this box will also display the different stages of the process until all components are up to date.