Updating Parallels Server Bare Metal Software

Parallels Server Bare Metal is constantly developing: there appear new versions of the Parallels Server Bare Metal core and of existing utilities, OS and application templates are perfected, new templates and utilities are also added from time to time. Thus, Parallels Server Bare Metal may sometimes be repackaged to include the latest changes in any of its parts. As these changes grow in number, new product versions are released.

Parallels Server Bare Metal provides a special utility - vzup2date - allowing you to easily and quickly update your Parallels server. The main components that need to be updated are the following:

• Parallels Server Bare Metal system software (packages built by Parallels)
• Parallels Server Bare Metal templates

vzup2date is intended to relieve Parallels Server Bare Metal administrators of the necessity to manually update existing Parallels Server Bare Metal installations. It provides a single information channel for learning if updated product versions are available. In other words, a regular launching of this utility helps ensure that you always have the latest version of Parallels Server Bare Metal installed.

The vzup2date utility can be launched in two modes:

• Graphical mode. In this mode, you use a special wizard to update either the Parallels Server Bare Metal system files or templates depending on the options passed to vzup2date .
• Command line mode containing two submodes:
  • the batch submode
  • the messages submode

  In comparison to the graphical mode, the command line mode provides more possibilities for the Parallels Server Bare Metal updates management (e.g. the ability to use special filters while selecting updates for your system).

Both modes are described in the following subsections in detail.