Update Manager Plugin for OpenManage Enterprise Overview
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Summary
Dell EMC Update Manager plugin brings Dell Repository Manager functionality to OpenManage Enterprise. Update Manager. Update Manager Plugin is provided Free of Charge.
Introduction
Dell EMC Update Manager is a plugin to the Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise console that enables IT Administrators to create and manage repositories of update packages for PowerEdge devices that are managed by OpenManage Enterprise. This plugin is a vital piece of the OpenManage portfolio and provides seamless integration.
Update Manager is provided free of charge and supports OpenManage Enterprise v3.5 and newer.
- Plugin to the Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise
- Create custom repositories/Catalogs/Baselines
- Import or delete components/bundles to and from a repository
- Refresh repositories when new content is available
- Automatically download required update packages from Dell.com
- Configure maximum storage size.
- GUI or API
Benefits of using Dell EMC Update Manager Plugin
Using Update Manager keeps your systems up to date with the latest firmware and software by:
- Streamlines the identification and gathering of PowerEdge update packages
- Keeps the repositories up to date for updating the systems
- Allowing manual or automatic updates of a catalog present in a repository
- Customizing a repository by importing or deleting update packages
- Generating a baseline for a repository that can be used to update the firmware of the components in the repository
- Access View Report directly from UMP to initiate an update job
In Conclusion
Keeping Servers up to date with the latest firmware and BIOS is essential to minimize the potential vulnerabilities to systems. Update Manager streamlines and automates the identification, gathering, and staging of update packages to ensure that the PowerEdge devices you manage are updated.