I looked at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7266834

I used a putty session to one of my FS7300.  I tried this command:

satask downloadsoftware -accesskey 338715844612649280 -fixid Storage_Disk-7k-IBM_PATCH_SV-195289_1.0 -user myname@myco.com

It instantly returned to the command prompt.  Did it download it that fast, or does this run in the background and I need to check something for the status?

Network connection seems fine:

>ping -srcip4 10.27.6.80 ibm.com
PING ibm.com (23.210.146.195) from 10.27.6.80 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from a23-210-146-195.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.210.146.195): icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=20.2 ms

I pinged another domain also.

I figured, why not just go to the update instructions and see what that says?  Shows the patch is on this system but not installed.  Makes sense.  But it gets weird when I check our other FS7300.  It also has this patch available but not installed.  Is there just something which goes out and looks for patches, downloads them, but doesn't apply them?

BTW:  We're not yet using MFA on these.  I just figured I'd get it patched in case we start.  We use DUO on other items.

Hola Robert!

Your assumption is correct,  once "satask downloadsoftware"  is issued, the prompt is instantly returned and the download process happens in the background.

You can use "sainfo lscmdstatus" to monitor the progress and result:

last_command satask downloadsoftware -user ##### -vrmf x.x.x.x
last_command_status CMMVC8044E Command completed successfully.
T3_status
T3_status_data
cpfiles_status
cpfiles_status_data
snap_status
snap_filename
installcanistersoftware_status
supportupload_status
supportupload_status_data
supportupload_progress_percent 0
supportupload_throughput_KBps 0
supportupload_filename
downloadsoftware_status Active
downloadsoftware_status_data Downloading the bundle
downloadsoftware_progress_percent 38
downloadsoftware_throughput_KBps 321
downloadsoftware_size 467.6 MiB

I just went through https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7266834,  and noticed the step to install after step to download:

|After downloading the patch, install it using the GUI or the applysoftware CLI command as documented here.|

I am not aware of anything downloading patches in advance. However, I  checked the System Update page in the GUI and noticed the tab "Auto updates", perhaps related.

I looked at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7266834

I used a putty session to one of my FS7300.  I tried this command:

satask downloadsoftware -accesskey 338715844612649280 -fixid Storage_Disk-7k-IBM_PATCH_SV-195289_1.0 -user myname@myco.com

It instantly returned to the command prompt.  Did it download it that fast, or does this run in the background and I need to check something for the status?

Network connection seems fine:

>ping -srcip4 10.27.6.80 ibm.com
PING ibm.com (23.210.146.195) from 10.27.6.80 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from a23-210-146-195.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (23.210.146.195): icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=20.2 ms

I pinged another domain also.

I figured, why not just go to the update instructions and see what that says?  Shows the patch is on this system but not installed.  Makes sense.  But it gets weird when I check our other FS7300.  It also has this patch available but not installed.  Is there just something which goes out and looks for patches, downloads them, but doesn't apply them?

BTW:  We're not yet using MFA on these.  I just figured I'd get it patched in case we start.  We use DUO on other items.