Editing a task in the installation queue

Prerequisites

  • The Configure iLO Settings privilege is required for editing tasks in the installation queue.

  • The Recovery Set privilege is required for making an optional update to the System Recovery Set after a queued update is completed successfully.

  • If you want to use the Update Recovery Set feature, a System Recovery Set must exist and contain the component you want to update.

  • The task you want to edit is in Pending status.

Procedure
  1. Click Firmware & OS Software in the navigation tree, and then click the Installation Queue tab.
  2. Click next to the task you want to edit.

    iLO prompts you to update the task information.

  3. To update the task name, enter a new name (up to 64 characters) in the Task name box.
  4. Select a value in the Component or Command box.

    • If the original task is a component update, you can select only another component.

    • If the original task is a command, you can select only another command.

  5. If the Wait command is selected, enter or update the wait time in the Wait time (seconds) box.

    Valid values are from 1 to 3600 seconds.

  6. (Optional) If you want to specify or edit the installation schedule, select or clear the Set schedule window check box.
    1. If the Set schedule window check box is selected, select or update the method you want to use to define the schedule.

      • Select Use maintenance window (default) to choose a maintenance window you configured on the Maintenance Windows page.

        To add a maintenance window, click New to navigate to the Maintenance Windows page. Create a maintenance window, and then restart this procedure.

      • Select Specify time window to enter a schedule now.

    2. Depending on the selected method, do one of the following:

      • If Use maintenance window is selected, select or change the value in the Maintenance window list.

      • If Specify time window is selected, add or update the schedule details.

  7. (Optional) If you selected a component in step 4, and the component exists in the System Recovery Set, select or clear the Update Recovery Set check box.

    When this option is enabled, the existing component in the System Recovery Set is replaced by the selected component when the task is complete.

    Selecting this option replaces the component, even if the version in the System Recovery Set is newer.

    This option is not displayed if:

    • A command is selected.

    • There is no System Recovery Set.

    • Your user account is not assigned the required privilege.

  8. If the server has a TPM or TM, suspend or back up any software that stores information on the TPM or TM, then select the Confirm TPM override check box.

    Drive encryption software is an example of software that stores information on the TPM or TM.

    CAUTION: If you use drive encryption software, suspend it before initiating a firmware update. Failure to follow these instructions might result in losing access to your data.
  9. Click OK.

    iLO notifies you that the task was updated.

    If the task would expire before the start time of a task that precedes it in the queue, iLO notifies you that it cannot save the task. The installation queue is a first-in, first-out list of tasks, and you cannot create a task that will expire before an existing task will run.

    If you selected the Update Recovery Set check box, the component is updated after the task is initiated and completed successfully.