About software upgrades

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
Use the software upgrades feature to upload and install the baseline release, maintenance release, and patch release packages of License Management Service. Managed host upgrades, that is the VRTsfmh package upgrades, can also be done using the License Management Service console. To upgrade managed hosts, patches of InfoScale Operations Manager are used and these patches are listed on the LMS console patch repository.
Baseline packages tab
Using the Baseline packages tab, you can download the baseline release also known as the General Availability (GA) release and the maintenance release (MR) packages for managed hosts from the Download Center and upload the same on License Management Service console. You can then install the package on the relevant hosts. The packages can be installed on the hosts whose status is healthy. Healthy status indicates that the XPRTLD service is running on the host and a connection is established between the host and License Management Service.
The following information about the package is displayed on this tab:
  • Name of the package.
  • Status of installations. You can see the number of hosts for which the selected package is applicable and the number of hosts on which it is installed. For example, 6/11 in the status indicates that the package is applicable for 11 hosts and is installed on only 6 hosts.
  • Version of the package.
  • Applicable on. This field always refers to MH, that is the managed host.
  • Type of the package, GA, or MR.
  • Whether the package is obsolete or not. InfoScale recommends that you remove the obsolete packages from the list.
You can perform the following operations on this tab:
Uploaded patches tab
Review the information about the latest available patches in the Patches repository tab. Then use the Uploaded patches tab download the patches from InfoScale Download Center and upload the same on License Management Service console. You can then install the patch on the managed hosts or on the LMS server. The patch can be installed on the hosts whose status is healthy. Healthy status indicates that the XPRTLD service is running on the host and a connection is established on the host.
The following information about the patch is displayed on this tab:
  • Name of the patch.
  • Status of installation. Whether the patch is installed or not.
  • Applicable on. This field always refers to MH, that is the managed host.
  • Type, which is always the patch.
  • Whether the patch is obsolete or not. InfoScale recommends that you remove the obsolete patches from the list.
  • Release date of the patch.
You can perform the following operations on this tab:
Patches repository tab
The patch release packages for the InfoScale InfoScale Operations Manager managed hosts and for LMS that are available on the InfoScale Download Center are listed on the Patches repository tab.
InfoScale recommends that you manually run the \+ Refresh repository operation on the License Management Service console to get a list of the latest available patches at least once a month. Based on this master list of available patches, you can then download the relevant patches and proceed with the installations. Refreshing the patch repository
Note: If License Management Service is installed on a host that already has InfoScale Operations Manager, then package and patch installation operations of the managed host are blocked on the License Management Service console. You must use InfoScale Operations Manager console to perform these operations.
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