Rebooting appliances
You can reboot appliances and view reboot jobs under Manage > Upgrades: Reboot Appliances.
A wizard guides you through the configuration of the new reboot jobs.
Click the Launch new reboot job button to launch the wizard and display the Welcome page. Click Select your appliances to display the Select your appliances page. These configuration options are available:
Choose product type
Specifies the product type from the drop-down list.
Choose target version
Specifies the target version from the drop-down list.
View ineligible appliances
Displays the ineligible appliances for the upgrade job.
Filter
Displays all appliances eligible for upgrade. Select Show All from the drop-down list. You can filter appliances by current version, group, hostname, IP address, model, and serial number.
• Show Selected Appliances—Select an appliance to view and select this option from the drop-down list to view appliance details.
Select/Unselect all
Either selects or clears all the appliances.
Click Configure Settings to display the Settings page. These configuration options are available:
Notes for this upgrade job
Specifies any notes for the new upgrade job.
Upgrade Time
• Upgrade Now—Select this option to start the upgrade now.
• Schedule the upgrade—Select this option to schedule the upgrade.
• UTC time—Specify the UTC date and time in this format: yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
• Local time—Specify the local date and time in this format: yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
Reboot Options
• Reboot immediately after installing the image—Select this option to reboot the appliance immediately after installing the image.
• Schedule the reboot after installing the image—Select this option to schedule the reboot.
• UTC time—Specify the UTC date and time in this format: yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
• Local time—Specify the local date and time in this format: yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss
• Don’t reboot—Select this option to not reboot the appliance.
Click Summary to display the Summary page that lists your upgrade settings. Click Upgrade to start your upgrade. Click Exit to exit the wizard.
You can view reboot job status under Manage > Upgrades: Reboot Appliances.