software_update ‑validate

Checks the validity of the components of the staged software update package.

SYNOPSIS

software_update ‑validate 
   { ‑component component:instruction [,component:instruction]...
   | ‑all {newerVersionOnly | alwaysInstall}
   }
   [{‑disruptive | ‑noDisruptive}]
   [‑ignoreCompatibilityChecking]
   [‑forceControllerShutdown]
   [‑ignoreBadSystemState]
   [‑ignoreOperationPoolDraining]
   [‑overridePreviousFailedUpdate]
   [‑ignoreExistingAlerts]

   [{‑sessionKey | ‑u admin‑user ‑oracleFS oracle‑fs‑system}]
   [{‑outputformat | ‑o} { text | xml }]
   [{‑timeout timeout‑in‑seconds | ‑verify | ‑usage | ‑example | ‑help}]

DESCRIPTION

The validation process confirms that the specified staged software on the Oracle FS System can be installed successfully. The response from this command contains the validation results.

Note: Only administrators with primary administrator, admin1, or support roles are authorized to run the software_update ‑validate command.

OPTIONS

‑all

Processes all of the staged modules except drive firmware in one operation. The selected operand applies to each staged module as it is processed. Choose from the following valid operands:

newerVersionOnly: Processes the staged software module only when it is newer than the existing module.
alwaysInstall: Processes the staged software module regardless of the version of the existing module. Only use this option if you have been instructed by the release notes, a My Oracle Support Knowledge article, or Oracle Customer Support.

‑component

Validates the requested components of the software update package that have been staged on the Oracle FS System. The validation process confirms that the specified staged software can be installed successfully on the system.

Separate the component operand and the instruction operand with a colon ( : ).

Express the component operand by one of the following methods:
As a regular expression

[0‑9]{4}‑[0‑9]{5}‑[0‑9]{6}‑[0‑9]{6}

As a string
Valid components:
pilotSoftware

pilotOS

controllerSoftware

controllerOS

enclosureFirmware2U

enclosureFirmware4U

Note: To get a list of components that are available for processing, run the software_update ‑list ‑staged command.
Express the instruction operand by including one of the following values:
exclude

Prevents the software component from being installed.

newerVersionOnly

Installs the software component only if the staged component is more recent than the installed version.

alwaysInstall

Installs the software component regardless of its version.

‑disruptive

Takes all of the data paths offline and temporarily places the Oracle FS System in an inactive state.

‑forceControllerShutdown

Disregards all exceptions and stops all software modules that are running on the Controllers.

Note: Using this option causes a disruptive update.

‑ignoreBadSystemState

Instructs the software update process to proceed when hardware issues exist.

‑ignoreCompatibilityChecking

Instructs the software update process to proceed when a conflict with the settings in the compatibility matrix occurs.

‑ignoreExistingAlerts

Instructs the software update process to ignore any existing system alerts and to continue the update.

‑ignoreOperationPoolDraining

Instructs the software update process to proceed after waiting for a preset time period for internal tasks to complete, regardless of whether those tasks have completed within that period.

‑noDisruptive

Performs the software update with the data paths and the Oracle FS System remaining active. User applications can continue accessing the storage arrays without interruption.

‑overridePreviousFailedUpdate

Instructs the software update process to ignore any failures from a previous update attempt and to continue the update.

EXAMPLE

Task

Check the validity of the components of the staged software update package.

Parameters

None

$ fscli software_update ‑validate ‑all newerVersionOnly