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Enables you to see the details of needed updates based on either the state of the current selections or items passed in as part of the command after node inventory. If you do not specify any nodes, the command uses the currently selected ones in the session.

Syntax

smartupdate getneededupdates [--nodes [<nodelist>]]

Description

Parameters

--nodes [<nodelist>]
A list of the nodes on which to perform the check for needed updates operation. If you do not specify a nodelist, all nodes in the session are used.

Windows usage

C:\> smartupdate getneededupdates /nodes localhost

Linux usage

$ ./smartupdate getneededupdates --nodes localhost

Return codes
SUCCESS_NO_REBOOT
Windows: 0

Linux: 0

Text: The command was successful.

SUCCESS_REBOOT
Windows: 1

Linux: 1

Text: The command was successful but a reboot is required.

SUCCESS_NOT_REQUIRED
Windows: 3

Linux: 3

Text: The command completed successfully, but was not required or everything is already current.

FAILURE_GENERAL
Windows: -1

Linux: 255

Text: A general failure occurred. For details, see the logs.

FAILURE_BAD_PARM
Windows: -2

Linux: 254

Text: A bad input parameter was encountered. For details, see the logs.

FAILURE_COMPONENT_FAILED
Windows: -3

Linux: 253

Text: The installation of the component failed.

FAILURE_COMMAND_FAILED
Windows: -4

Linux: 252

Text: The command failed. For details, see the logs.

 	 	 