Fujitsu Infrastructure Manager User manual

Brand: Fujitsu

Model: Infrastructure Manager

Type: User manual

Fujitsu Infrastructure Manager is a versatile tool that extends the capabilities of Microsoft Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) by enabling you to effortlessly update firmware on each server in your cluster. With this powerful solution, you can:

Conveniently manage firmware updates across your entire cluster.
Automate the update process, saving you time and effort.
Improve the stability and reliability of your cluster by keeping firmware up to date.
Easily integrate with your existing IT infrastructure.

Conveniently manage firmware updates across your entire cluster.
Automate the update process, saving you time and effort.
Improve the stability and reliability of your cluster by keeping firmware up to date.
Easily integrate with your existing IT infrastructure.

FUJITSU Software

Infrastructure Manager SV Plug-in

for Microsoft Cluster-Aware Updating

Setup Guide

June 2021

Preface

Purpose

This setup guide describes the installation procedure, precautions on usage, and

information for Infrastructure Manager SV Plug-in for Microsoft Cluster-Aware

Updating (hereafter referred to as "ISM SV Plug-in for CAU").

ISM Plug-in for CAU is plug-in software that extends the features of Cluster-Aware

Updating (hereafter referred to as "CAU") for Microsoft. This plug-in enables you to

easily update the firmware of each server configuring the cluster.

The ISM plug-ins and virtualization management software described in this guide are

displayed below.

ISM Plug-in

Virtualization management software

Infrastructure Manager SV Plug-in for

Microsoft Cluster-Aware Updating (ISM SV

Plug-in for CAU)

Microsoft Cluster-Aware Updating

(CAU)

Product Manuals

Manual Name

Description

FUJITSU Software ServerView Suite

ServerView Agents V9.40 for

Windows(Windows Server 2012 / 2016 /

2019)

This manual describes the functions of

this product, the installation procedure,

and procedures for operation.

Infrastructure Manager SV Plug-in for

Microsoft Cluster-Aware Updating

This manual describes the procedures,

from installation to operation as well as

precautions and reference information,

for the following features of

Infrastructure Manager SV Plug-in.

● Infrastructure Manager Plug-in for

Microsoft Cluster-Aware Updating

Together with the manuals mentioned above, you can also refer to the website for the

latest information about the ServerView Agents software.

https://support.ts.fujitsu.com/prim_supportcd/SVSSoftware/start.html

For information about managed hardware products, refer to the manuals for the relevant

hardware.

For PRIMERGY, refer to "ServerView Suite ServerBooks" or the manual pages for

PRIMERGY.

https://support.ts.fujitsu.com/

Intended Readers

This manual is intended for system administrators, network administrators, facility

administrators, and service technicians who have sufficient knowledge of hardware

and software.

Notation in this guide

Notation

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Point

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Note

Describes subjects where attention is necessary.

Variables: <xxx>

Represents variables that require replacement by numerical values or text

strings in accordance with the environment you are using.

Example: <IP address>

However, the description in the XML tag is as follows.

Example: \\MyFileServer\FolderName\

Abbreviation

This document may use the following abbreviations.

Official name

Abbreviation

FUJITSU Software Infrastructure Manager

ISM

Cluster-Aware Updating

CAU

FUJITSU Software Infrastructure Manager SV

CAU Plug-in for Cluster-Aware Updating

ISM SV Plug-in for CAU

Windows Server® Failover Cluster

Failover Cluster

Microsoft® Windows Server® 2019 Datacenter

Windows Server 2019

Microsoft® Windows Server® 2019 Standard

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High Risk Activity

The Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Product is designed, developed and

manufactured as contemplated for general use, including without limitation, general

office use, personal use, household use, and ordinary industrial use, but is not

designed, developed and manufactured as contemplated for use accompanying fatal

risks or dangers that, unless extremely high safety is secured, could lead directly to

death, personal injury, severe physical damage or other loss (hereafter “High Safety

Required Use”), including without limitation, nuclear reaction control in nuclear

facility, aircraft flight control, air traffic control, mass transport control, medical life

support system, missile launch control in weapon system. The Customer shall not use

the Product without securing the sufficient safety required for the High Safety

Required Use. In addition, Fujitsu (or other affiliate's name) shall not be liable to the

Customer and/or any third party for any claims or damages arising in connection with

the High Safety Required Use of the Product.

To Use This Product Safely

This document contains important information required for using this product safely

and correctly. Read this manual carefully before using this product. In addition, to use

this product safely, the customer must understand any related products (hardware and

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Modifications

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Modification History

Edition

Issue Date

Section

Modification Overview

June 2021

First edition

Contents

Preface ................................................................................................................................................................2

Purpose ..................................................................................................................................... 2

Product Manuals ...................................................................................................................... 2

Intended Readers ..................................................................................................................... 3

Notation in this guide .............................................................................................................. 3

High Risk Activity .................................................................................................................... 5

To Use This Product Safely ..................................................................................................... 6

Modifications ............................................................................................................................ 6

Disclaimers ............................................................................................................................... 6

Trademarks .............................................................................................................................. 6

Copyright .................................................................................................................................. 7

Modification History ........................................................................................................................................8

Contents .............................................................................................................................................................9

1. ISM SV Plug-in for CAU 1.0.0 ........................................................................................................... 11

1.1 Product Summary .......................................................................................................... 11

1.2 Contents .......................................................................................................................... 11

1.3 System Requirements .................................................................................................... 11

1.4 Installation Procedures .................................................................................................. 11

1.4.1 Installation Preparation ......................................................................................... 11

1.4.2 Store the Install File ............................................................................................... 12

1.4.3 Editing the HotfixPlugin Config File ..................................................................... 13

1.4.4 Modify Updating Run Profile of HotfixPlugin ...................................................... 14

1.5 Execution Schedule of HotfixPlugin and Optional Configuration .............................. 15

1.5.1 Specify a Self-Updating Schedule for the HotfixPlugin to Run ............................. 15

1.5.2 Review the Results for HotfixPlugin ........................................................................ 16

1.6 Manually Run the HotfixPlugin .................................................................................... 17

1.6.1 Run the HotfixPlugin ................................................................................................ 17

1.7 Uninstall ......................................................................................................................... 18

1.7.1 Disable the Self-Updating Option ............................................................................ 18

1.7.2 Remove Installation Files ......................................................................................... 19

1.8 Precaution ......................................................................................................................... 19

1. ISM SV Plug-in for CAU 1.0.0

1.1 Product Summary

ISM SV Plug-in for CAU uses the CAU feature to efficiently update the firmware on

each Fujitsu server configuring the cluster.

1.2 Contents

This product is provided in a zip file (IsmSVPluginforMSCAU_v1.0.0.zip), and it is

composed of the following four files and directory when decompressed:

 parameters_FujitsuIsmSvHotfixPlugin.xml

 FujitsuIsmSvHotfixConfig.xml

 Readme.txt

 Readme_ja.txt

 CAUHotfix_all¥FujitsuIsmSv

1.3 System Requirements

For information on the system requirements for CAU, refer to Readme.

1.4 Installation Procedures

Install ISM SV Plug-in in the SMB shared folder.

This section explains the installation procedures for ISM SV Plug-in into CAU.

1.4.1 Installation Preparation

Install ISM SV Plug-in in the SMB shared folder.

This section explains the installation procedures for ISM Plug-in into CAU.

Point

The following items and setup must be completed before the installation.

⚫ Verify the servers configuring the Failover Cluster.

⚫ Verify that the SMB shared folder is set up.

For information about setting up the SMB shared folder, refer to the Microsoft

website.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/failover-clustering/cluster-aware-

updating-plug-ins

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/failover-clustering/cluster-aware-

updating-requirements

⚫ Click [Failover Cluster Manager] to start it.

Connect to the cluster and click [Validate Configuration].

Select [Run all tests (recommended)] and click [Next] to start running the tests for

validation.

Verify that all the test results are successful. (warnings can be ignored)

⚫ After verifying the status of the validation page, click [Cluster-Aware Updating] to

start it.

Click [Analyze cluster updating readiness], and verify that the results are all

successful.

1.4.2 Store the Install File

Use Remote Desktop with an administrator account to connect to the Windows Server

in which the SMB shared folder is set up.

Transfer the install file to any directory on the Windows Server of the connection

destination by copying and pasting the file.

Unzip the zip file, and store the three files and directory in the SMB shared folder.

 parameters_FujitsuIsmSvHotfixPlugin.xml

 FujitsuIsmSvHotfixConfig.xml

 Readme_en.txt

 CAUHotfix_all\FujitsuIsmSv

Copy the Powershell script from any server configuring the cluster to the SMB shared

folder.

The file path of the Powershell script for updating firmware:

C:\Program Files\Fujitsu\ServerView Suite\Agents\Server Control\UpdateAll.ps1

1.4.3 Editing the HotfixPlugin Config File

1. Use Remote Desktop with an administrator account to connect to the Windows

Server on which the SMB shared folder is set up.

2. On the server that has the SMB shared folder, open FujitsuIsmSvHotfixConfig.xml

with text editor to edit the file.

3. Change the proxy and connection information required to download the firmware

from the repository from the contents of sample file.

Replace and save the values of the attributes path and parameters of the

destination <Folder name = "FujitsuIsmSv">.

If you do not specify a local repository (RepositoryServer option), Fujitsu's global

repository is used by default.

Example: The parameter before and after modification

Parameter

Before modification

After modification

SMB shared folder

\\MyFileServer\FolderN

ame

\\FujitsuServer\IsmSvCau

User Proxy Server :

Port number

proxy.domain.com:8080

proxy-server fujitsu.com:8080

Local Repository

Server

local.support.domain.com

local.support.fujitsu.com

User Proxy Server

ProxyUser

FujitsuUser

User Proxy Server

ProxyPwd

FujitsuPass

[Before modification]

<Template

path="%systemroot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"

parameters="

-File \\MyFileServer\FolderName\CAUHotfix_all\FujitsuIsmSv\UpdateAll.ps1

-Mode Web -ProxyUrl proxy.domain.com:8080

-RepositoryServer local.support.domain.com

-UserName ProxyUser -UserPassword ProxyPwd "/>

[After modification with the global repository]

Remove the RepositoryServer option.

<Template

path="%systemroot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"

parameters="

-File \\FujitsuServer\IsmSvCau\CAUHotfix_all\FujitsuIsmSv\UpdateAll.ps1

-Mode Web -ProxyUrl proxy-server.fujitsu.com:8080

-UserName Fujitsu_user -UserPassword Fujitsu_pass"/>

[After modification with a local repository]

Specify the RepositoryServer option.

<Template

path="%systemroot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"

parameters="

-File \\FujitsuServer\IsmSvCau\CAUHotfix_all\FujitsuIsmSv\UpdateAll.ps1

-Mode Web -ProxyUrl proxy-server.fujitsu.com:8080

-RepositoryServer proxy-server. fujitsu.com

-UserName Fujitsu_user -UserPassword Fujitsu_pass"/>

1.4.4 Modify Updating Run Profile of HotfixPlugin

1. Use Remote Desktop to connect with a cluster-specific domain user account to the

Windows Server Cluster.

2. Start [Cluster-Aware Updating].

3. Click [Create or modify Updating Run Profile], and start [Updating Run Profile

Editor].

4. Click [Browse] from [Updating Run profile to start from], select

parameters_FujitsuIsmSvHotfixPlugin.xml in the SMB shared folder, and click the

[Open] button.

5. Change [HotfixRootFolderPath] for [CauPluginArguments] in [Option] to the SMB

shared folder.

Example: If the SMB shared folder is \\FujitsuServer\IsmSvCau

[Before modification] HotfixRootFolderPath=\\MyFileServer\FolderName

[After modification] HotfixRootFolderPath=\\FujitsuServer\IsmSvCau

6. Click the [Save File As] button, specify parameters_FujitsuIsmSvHotfixPlugin.xml

as the file name, and click the [Save] button.

7. When the [Filename already exists. Do you want to replace it?] message is

displayed, click the [Yes] button.

8. Click the [Close] button to close [Updating Run Profile Editor].

1.5 Execution Schedule of HotfixPlugin and Optional

Configuration

Specify the self-update schedule for firmware updates and advanced cluster self-update

options.

1.5.1 Specify a Self-Updating Schedule for the HotfixPlugin to Run

1. Display the list of clusters from the pull-down under [Connect to a Failover Cluster]

in [Cluster-Aware Updating].

2. Select the cluster and click the [connect] button to connect to the specified cluster.

3. Click [Configure cluster self-updating options], and click the [Next] button in the

[Configure Self-Updating Options Wizard].

4. Select [Add the CAU clustered role, with self-updating mode enabled, to this cluster],

and click the [Next] button.

5. Specify the self-updating schedule.

Select [frequency of self-updating], and set the required items for each [frequency of

self-updating].

Items: Starting/Time of days/Day of the week/Occurrence of the day in the month

Note

It is also necessary to set a schedule for firmware updates that are performed

manually that do not use a schedule for updates.

In this case, specify a date and time (Example: 100 years in the future) so that the

start date will not actually start.

To perform a manual firmware update, click [Apply updates to this cluster] from

[Cluster-Aware Updating].

6. Click the [Browse] button under [Updating Run options based on].

Select parameters_FujitsuIsmSvHotfixPlugin.xml from the SMB shared folder and

click the [Open] button.

Review each update option displayed in [Changes to make this update run only],

and click the [Next] button.

7. Type the SMB shared folder path in [Hotfix root folder path].

Example:\\FujitsuServer\IsmSvCau

When you enter the "Hotfix root folder path," the "Hotfix configuration file path" is

also set automatically.

Example:\\FujitsuServer\IsmSvCau\FujitsuIsmSvHotfixConfig.xml

8. Select [Require SMB Encryption in accessing the hotfix root folder] in [SMB

Encryption] and [Disable check for administrator access to the hotfix root folder

and configuration file] in [Access check] and click the [Next] button.

9. Confirm the selection, click the [Apply] button, confirm that [Configure self-

updating options] and [Enable self-updating mode] are successful, and click the

[Close] button.

1.5.2 Review the Results for HotfixPlugin

1. Display the list of clusters from the pull-down under [Connect to a Failover Cluster]

in [Cluster-Aware Updating].

2. Select the cluster and click the [connect] button to connect to the specified cluster.

3. Verify the [Last Run State] under [cluster node] in [Cluster-Aware Updating] for

each node. The statuses are as follows, and after execution completes, the status is

displayed as either success or failure.

Status 1

Status 2

Status 3

Status 4

Status 5

Waiting

Installing

Success

－

Waiting

Installing

Start the

maintenance mode

Rebooting

Success

Waiting

Installing

Failed

－

You can also view the results by clicking [Create a report of past update runs] under

[Cluster-Aware Updating] to generate an Update Execution Report.

4. If the result is "Failed," refer to the following log of the failed node for a description

of the error.

C:\ProgramData\ServerView Suite\Managed Node\Server Control\EM _

UPDATE

\UM _ Check.log

If the above log is not updated, review the following information that was changed

in "1.4.3 Editing the HotfixPlugin Config File."

Proxy information/connection information to the proxy/connection information of

the local repository

Note

⚫ When running the HotfixPlugin, the firmware update is performed, and each

node may be automatically rebooted and RemoteDesktop may be disconnected.

If the RemoteDesktop session is disconnected, verify that the node has finished

rebooting, and then reconnect using RemoteDesktop.

⚫ When running the HotfixPlugin, updating the network/video driver may cause

the RemoteDesktop to disconnect.

If disconnected, reconnect with RemoteDesktop after the firmware update is

complete.

1.6 Manually Run the HotfixPlugin

Manually run the HotfixPlugin for CAU to immediately perform firmware updates on

each node of the cluster.

1.6.1 Run the HotfixPlugin

1. Start [Cluster-Aware Updating] and click [Apply updates to this cluster].

2. Click the [Next] button under [Cluster-Aware Updating Wizard].

3. Click [Review the updates that apply to the cluster node.] to display [Preview

updates].

Verify that UpdateAll.ps1 appears in the [Update Program ID] and [Update Title]

columns for each node.

Click [Close] to close [Preview updates].

4. Click the [Update] button under [Cluster-Aware Updating Wizard].

Clicking the [Update] button will execute the HotfixPlugin and initiate the

firmware update on each node of the cluster.

Under [Scheduling Immediate Updates in Run Update Mode], the message

[Starting execution of self update in background] appears.

Confirm that [Success] is displayed, then click the [Close] button.

5. Verify the [Last Run State] under [cluster node] in [Cluster-Aware Updating] for

each node. The statuses are as follows, and after execution completes, the status is

displayed as either success or failure:

Status 1

Status 2

Status 3

Status 4

Status 5

Waiting

Installing

Success

－

Waiting

Installing

Start the

maintenance mode

Rebooting

Success

Waiting

Installing

Failed

－

5. If the result is "Failed," refer to the following log of the failed node for the error

description.

C:\ProgramData\ServerView Suite\Managed Node\Server Control\EM _

UPDATE

\UM _ Check.log

If the above log is not updated, review the following information that was changed

in "1.4.3 Editing the HotfixPlugin Config File."

Proxy information/connection information to the proxy/connection information of

the local repository

1.7 Uninstall

Uninstallation procedures of ISM SV Plug-in for CAU are below.

1.7.1 Disable the Self-Updating Option

1. Select the cluster and click the [connect] button from [Cluster-Aware Updating] to

connect the specified cluster.

2. Start [Cluster-Aware Updating], and click [configure the cluster self-updating

options].

3. Click the [Next] button in the [Configure Cluster self-updating options wizard].

4. Select [Disabling Self-Updating Mode], and click the [Next] button.

5. Click [Apply] to confirm that self-updating mode was disabled.

1.7.2 Remove Installation Files

Connect to the Windows Server on which you installed the ISM SV Plug-in for CAU

using Remote Desktop.

Navigate to the SMB shared folder that was set up in section 1.4.2 and remove the files

and directories of the ISM SV Plug-in for CAU.

1.8 Precaution

1. To use ISM SV Plug-in for CAU, cluster manager and Cluster-Aware Updating

must be installed, and configuration of the cluster are required.

For more information about cluster manager and Cluster-Aware Updating, see the

Microsoft product documentation.

Fujitsu Infrastructure Manager User manual

Brand: Fujitsu

Model: Infrastructure Manager

Type: User manual

Conveniently manage firmware updates across your entire cluster.
Automate the update process, saving you time and effort.
Improve the stability and reliability of your cluster by keeping firmware up to date.
Easily integrate with your existing IT infrastructure.

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