HP SUM provides the following modes:
HP SUM supports local and remote deployments. HP SUM runs in Windows and Linux in online and offline mode. For more information about deployment modes, see Deployment modes.
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NOTE: You cannot use Windows Hyper-V systems to run HP SUM and deploy updates. You can select Hyper-V systems as a node from HP SUM running on a Windows or Linux system. | |
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NOTE: Before deploying software updates to a server, be sure that a recent backup of the server is available in the event the deployment procedure fails. | |
For information on the minimum requirements to run HP SUM, see the HP Smart Update Manager Release Notes on the HP website: