HPE Knowledge Article HPE Integrated Lights Out (ilo 5) for Gen10 Servers - What is System Recovery Set? Article Number mmr_sf-en_us000021097 Environment HPE Integrated Lights Out (ilo 5) HPE ProLiant Gen10 Servers Issue What is System recovery Set? How to use System recovery Set? How to update System recovery Set? Cause Informational Resolution NOTE: Only one System Recovery Set can exist at a time. What is System Recovery Set? An recovery set is a group of components that can be applied on to supported servers with a single command. You can use ilo to view existing install sets in the ilo web interface. How to use System Recovery Set? System Recovery Set is used to recover/restore or roll back a component version without needing to find the original SPP. System Recovery Set can be access through ilo 5 interface by users who has access to Recovery Set.
In what scenario we can use System Recovery Set? Example: BIOS update fails on a Gen10 Server and server is unable to complete POST or hangs at POST. Who can delete or use System Recovery Set? A user with the Recovery Set privilege can delete or use System Recovery Set.
What components are there in System recovery Set? The following firmware components are included in the default System Recovery Set: System ROM (BIOS) ilo firmware System Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) Innovation Engine Server Platform Services (SPS) Firmware
How to create a System Recovery Set? Creating a system recovery set Use update tools to save an install set to the ilo Repository, for example SUM. Prerequisites Recovery set permissions on the ilo. Install set saved in the ilo Repository. ilo RESTful API Procedure 1. Open ilo RESTful API. 2. If there is an install set defined as a recovery set, use the PATCH command to define the IsRecovery parameter to false. PATCH /redfish/v1/updateservice/installsets/[install_set_id]/ { "IsRecovery": false } 3. Use the PROMOTE command to change the IsRecovery parameter to true on a saved install set. PROMOTE /redfish/v1/updateservice/installsets/[install_set_id]/ { "IsRecovery": true }
How to Update a System Recovery Set? Download "recovery-set-update-xx.xx.iso" from HPE portal and follow the Installation Instructions to update System Recovery Set. System Recovery Set can be updated in Offline and Online modes as follows: Offline Method: The Gen10 System Recovery Set Update ISO is bootable via both UEFI and legacy boot modes. UEFI Secure Boot is supported. By booting the system to the ISO, the System Recovery Set may be updated while the system is offline. The System Recovery Set update script is automatically run after booting to the ISO. If the System Recovery Set update is successful, the system is rebooted. If any issues are encountered during the update, the system will remain in the offline boot environment with on screen messages indicating the problem and next steps to take. The USB Key Creator Tool is also provided on the ISO, so that a bootable USB key can be created with the ISO contents. Customization is possible if the fw.zip archive is extracted in the ISO /scripts/fw directory, such as removing unneeded system directories. There is no PXE boot support in the ISO initrd.img. Online Method: The System Recovery Set may be updated online from a Linux or Windows Server environment (via mounted ISO). 1. 2. 3. Mount the ISO Change directory to the "scripts" directory Run./recovset.sh (on Linux, in a terminal window as root) or recovset.exe (on Windows, from an Admin command prompt). Important Information: Use this Gen10 System Recovery Set Update ISO to update the System Recovery Set, which is stored in the server's ilo Repository. The Gen10 System Recovery Set Update ISO is bootable. The System Recovery Set may be updated offline by booting a system to the ISO. The System Recovery Set may also be updated online from a Linux or Windows OS environment (via mounted ISO). Alternatively, the ISO can be used to update Gen10 systems remotely. NOTE: In order to update the Gen10 System Recovery Set, an ilo 5 user with Login, Configure ilo Settings, and Recovery Set privileges must be authenticated. The default ilo 5 user account "Administrator" has these privileges. If any of these privileges are missing from the user account used during the update, an error code 29 will be displayed. NOTE: The scripts on the ISO will prompt for the ilo 5 password. Please wait for the "Password:" prompt to appear before typing the password. NOTE: The scripts on this ISO are not supported in localhost mode when run on Gen10 systems locally when the ilo 5 Security State is set to: HighSecurity, FIPS, or CNSA. However, the recovset.py script and the recovset.exe program are supported in these ilo 5 Security States when targeting ilo remotely (using the -H command line parameter). NOTE: This ISO does not automatically update the system firmware. This ISO updates the System Recovery Set with the listed versions of system firmware. The System Recovery Set firmware versions may be installed via the ilo GUI. From the "Install Sets" tab (after clicking on the menu item "Firmware & OS Software"), click the open box icon (with the hover text: "Install components in this Install Set"). Innovation Engine firmware v0.1.5.2 cannot be updated using this method unless the previous version is v0.1.4.4 (which is contained on the Gen10 System Recovery Set ISO v1.00). NOTE: The ilo security override switch cannot be set while updating the Gen10 System Recovery Set.
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