Run the HP Live Network Connector Manually

In some situations, the HPCA Core server may not have Internet access. In this case, you can still update your HP Live Network content using a system that does have Internet access and then manually transfer the content to the HPCA Core server. This process includes four steps:

  1. On the system with Internet access, manually download the HP Live Network Connector from the HP Live Network subscription web site. See your HP Software sales representative for instructions.
  2. Execute the HP Live Network Connector on the system with Internet access.
  3. Transport the content to the HPCA Core server.
  4. Update the HP Live Network content from the file system on the HPCA Core server. See Update HP Live Network Content.

When you execute the HP Live Network Connector, it creates the folder structure described under content_path in Required Settings and then stores its output files within this structure.

Caution: Before you run the HP Live Network Connector from the command line, make sure that the directory where you will “import” the HP Live Network content is empty before you execute the Connector.

This directory is specified by the following parameter:

--setting=hpca.import_directory=<output-dir>

In this case, <output-dir> is the location where the HP Live Network content is placed.

If the “import” directory is not empty, there is a possibility that you will move old content into HPCA when you subsequently use the FILESYSTEM option to update your HP Live Network content. This could have negative repercussions, such as incorrectly deploying an old scanner if a new one is released that has a new name.

This warning applies only when you run the HP Live Network Connector from the command line. It does not affect HP Live Network updates that you perform through the HPCA Console.

The Live Network Connector command line has a long list of options passed to it to drive the actual acquisition. The command is dynamically assembled based on the settings selected in the HPCA Console. When new content is released over live network, the settings passed to the Live Network Connector may have changed also. If you plan to execute the Live Network Connector manually, it is very important to use the most current command line options.


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