SA integration

When a server is managed by HPE Server Automation, the SA Agent installed on the server registers the server’s configuration, including its installed patches, with SA. The SA Agent repeats this registration every 24 hours. This information is immediately recorded in the Model Repository, such as data about the operating system version, hardware type, and installed software and patches. When you first provision a server with SA, the same data is immediately recorded.

When a new patch is issued, you can use the SA Client to immediately identify which servers require patching. SA provides a Software Repository where you upload patches and other software to. Using the SA Client, you access this software to install patches on the appropriate servers.

Best Practice: After a server is brought under SA management, you should install all Windows patches by using SA Windows patch management. If you install a patch manually, SA does not have data about that patch until the next software registration. If you install a patch manually, it can take as long as 24 hours until data about that server in the Model Repository is up-to-date. However, when you install patches using SA Windows patch management, the Agent immediately updates the information about the server in the Model Repository.

Note
You cannot use HPE Server Automation to uninstall a patch that was not installed by using SA Windows Patch Management.