Updating out-of-date managed systems

If you want to update out-of-date managed systems identified by running Software Health Check, you can distribute the update package to the corresponding dynamic group that was generated by Software Health Check.

Complete the following steps to distribute an update to managed systems that were identified by Software Health Check:
  1. In the Groups pane of IBM Director Console, expand Software Health Groups and locate the group that was generated for the update package by Software Health Check. The group is titled: Health: Update Package Name.
  2. In the Tasks pane of IBM Director Console, expandSoftware Distribution > All Software Distribution Packages and locate the update software package or software-package category that you want to distribute.
  3. From the Tasks pane, drag the software package or software-package category onto the Health group with the corresponding title.
  4. Click Execute Now, or click Schedule to schedule the distribution for a later time.
After the software is distributed and inventory is collected, the dynamic group will change to reflect the current status of the software update. If the package update on each managed system is successful, then after inventory is collected, no systems will appear in the dynamic group. You can perform a custom collection on the following inventory items to update the dynamic group:

You can delete the dynamic group when you no longer need it.

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