Upgrade background task

Issue the Upgrade command via the PMAC GUI (see Installing/upgrading an application, or upgrading the OS). The command executes as a background task to install or upgrade a TPD operating system-compatible application on any server blade.

The PMAC GUI provides the Upgrade and Patch buttons on several pages, including hardware inventory, software inventory, and VM management pages.

Click Upgrade or Patch to initiate the process. The Select Image page appears. PMAC creates an Upgrade background task for each target server blade.

After it is issued, the upgrade task cannot be stopped. The background task can be deleted, which stops the tracking of the software upgrade status, but may not stop the actual upgrade from being performed.

PMAC fails the background task if a successful application install/upgrade is not detected within 60 minutes or a patch within 15 minutes.

On the Background Task Monitoring page on the PMAC GUI, the user can monitor the progress as the upgrade or patch background task executes.