si_pushupdate(8)

NAME

si_pushupdate - update the image of one or more remote

clients

SYNOPSIS

si_pushupdate  [ -help ] [ -version ] [ -client HOSTNAME ]
[ -range X-Y ] [  -domain DOMAINNAME
 ] [ -clients-file FILE ] [  -concurrent-processes N
 ] [ -ssh-user ] [ -continue-install ] [ -reboot ]
Options for updateclient: (The following options  will  be
passed on to the si_updateclient command)
 [  -server  HOSTNAME ] [ -image IMAGENAME ] [  -directory
DIRECTORY
 ] [ -nolilo ] [ -autoinstall ] [  -configure-from DEVICE
 ] [ -reboot ] [ -log "STRING" ]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the si_pushupdate com

mand.

si_pushupdate is a tool for updating the image on one or

more client nodes. It relies on the availability of ssh as a

transport layer for communicating with client nodes.

OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

-help Show summary of options

-version

Display version and copyright information

-client HOSTNAME

Host name of the client you want to update. When

used with -continue-install, the name of the client to autoin

stall.

-range X-Y

Number range used to create a series of host names

based on the -client option. For example, "-client www -range

1-3" will cause si_pushupdate to use www1, www2, and www3 as host

names. If no -range is given with -client, then si_pushupdate

assumes that only one client is to be updated.

-domain DOMAINNAME

If this option is used, DOMAINNAME will be appended

to the client host name(s).

-clients-file FILE

Read host names and images to process from FILE.

-concurrent-processes N

Number of concurrent process to run. If this op

tion is not used, N will default to 1.

-ssh-user

Username for ssh connection to client.

-continue-install

Hosts should be treated as autoinstall clients

waiting for further instruction.

-server HOSTNAME

Hostname or IP address of the imageserver. (-image

server is a deprecated option and will go away soon.)

-image IMAGENAME

Image from which the client should be updated

-directory DIRECTORY

Absolute path of the directory to be updated (de

faults to "/")

-nolilo

Don't run lilo after update completes. (lilo is

always run unless specified)

-autoinstall

Autoinstall this client the next time it reboots.

(can't be run with -nolilo)

-configure-from DEVICE

Only used with -autoinstall. Stores the network

configuration for DEVICE in the /local.cfg file so that the same

settings will be used during the autoinstall process.

-reboot

Reboot client after update completes

-log "STRING"

Quoted string for log file format. See the

rsyncd.conf man page for options.

SEE ALSO

si_updateclient(8)

More details can be found in the SystemImager manual.

AUTHOR

This manual page was compiled by dann <<dannf@debian.org>>

for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

06 March 2007

SI_PUSHUPDATE(8)