Name

Description

list

Lists the updates matching the criteria specified in [ filters ] and [ update_IDs ]. Detailed information on filters and update IDs is given below. If no filters and update IDs are specified, all updates for the OS and application templates installed on the server are displayed.

show

Displays detailed information on the updates matching the criteria specified in [ filters ], and [ update_IDs ]. If no filters and update IDs are specified, information on updates for all OS and application templates installed on the server is shown.

get

Checks and downloads Parallels Server Bare Metal updates matching the criteria specified in [ filters ], and [ update_IDs ] from the Parallels update server to the local directory on the server. The path to the local directory can be set either in the /etc/sysconfig/vzup2date/vzup2date.conf file or by specifying the --local-path option. If no filters and update IDs are specified, updates for all OS and application templates installed on the server are downloaded to the local directory.

install

Checks and, if necessary, downloads and installs Parallels Server Bare Metal updates matching the criteria specified in [ filters ], and [ update_IDs ]. If no filters and updates IDs are specified, updates for all OS and application templates on the server are downloaded and installed.

In some cases, you may need to update the vzup2date utility itself. To do this, pass the --self-update option to the vzup2date install command.

showconf

Shows the contents of the /etc/sysconfig/vzup2date/vzup2date.conf file on the server.

install-self-update update_ID

Installs updates with the specified ID for the vzup2date utility. You may need to update vzup2date before you are able to get the latest Parallels Server Bare Metal updates. To display the latest updates for vzup2date , you can use the vzup2date get command.

Name

Description

--cache

If specified, vzup2date does not search the update server for the update packages that are already available in the local repository directory on the server. When used with the vzup2date install command, vzup2date does not check the integrity of the update files located in the local repository directory.

--nosignatures

If specified, vzup2date does not validate digital signatures of the downloaded update packages.

--status-log-file= path

The path to the status log file where the messages on Parallels Server Bare Metal updates will be stored (e.g. /vz/vzup2date/my_file.log ). Without specifying this option, the messages are sent to stdout only. The option can be used in the messages submode only.

--status-log-prog= path

The path to the status log program. This program should accept log messages sent to stdout . The option can be used in the messages submode only.

--status-log-id= ID

The ID assigned to the status log file and unique within the given system. This ID will be used as the name of the log file with the .log extension created during the vzup2date command execution. By default, this file is located in the /vz/vzup2date/ipc directory on the server. The option can be used in the messages submode only.