DELL EMC OpenManage Server Update Utility Version 20.07.00 July 2020 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: About OpenManage Server Update Utility......................................................................... 5 Key features and functionalities...........................................................................................................................................5 Supported operating systems..............................................................................................................................................
Using special characters in the SUU directory Name................................................................................................18 Fails to update on RHEL 8.0 and SUSE Linux 15 operating system ........................................................... 18 Fails to update on Windows 2012 R2 operating system .................................................................................18 Running RAC DUP packages.............................................................................
1 About OpenManage Server Update Utility OpenManage Server Update Utility is an application available in an ISO for identifying and applying updates to the system. SUU is no longer a DVD-based application. Copy the ISO to a USB drive or to the network drive. You can use SUU to update the Dell PowerEdge system or to view the updates available for system that supports SUU.
Linux operating systems: • • • • • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 (64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 (64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 (64-bit) Virtualization operating systems: • Citrix XenServer 7.1 For detailed information on various systems and operating systems on which SUU is supported, see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix at dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
2 About graphical user interface mode The Graphical User Interface (GUI) provides an interactive approach to perform comparisons and updates. You can use the GUI to: • • • View the system comparison report, which displays the system inventoried device versions, applicable DUP versions, and the devices that require an update. Perform an upgrade, downgrade, or a system set update. Browse the repository to view the supported components of all the platforms in the SUU.
Your system does not meet the required prerequisites for some of the hardware component(s). Therefore, all the rows for the hardware component(s) are disabled in the Comparison Report. Click Continue to update the applicable Dell OpenManage software component. Software and Hardware Prerequisite Failure Message Prerequisite Failure Message: Your system does not meet the required prerequisites for some of the hardware component(s) and for installing the Dell OpenManage software component.
NOTE: If you select the Apply Corequisites check box, then the listed co-requisites are applied. Criticality levels The Criticality column in the Comparison Report denotes the importance of applying the update. For more information on the criticality levels and their corresponding status, see the table. Table 2. Criticality Levels Criticality Level Status Urgent The update contains changes to improve the reliability and availability of the system.
To upgrade the repository components: 1. Select the components that you want to upgrade. 2. Click Upgrade to apply the components that you have selected. 3. In the Confirm Update dialog box, click Yes to confirm and continue or No to cancel. While upgrading the components, SUU displays an update report. After completion, SUU displays an Update Complete dialog box. 4. Click OK. The status of the upgrade can be viewed in the Comparison Report.
3 About command line interface mode The Command Line Interface (CLI) mode allows you to run commands from a command prompt to perform comparisons and updates. Run SUU in CLI mode, in the DSU root directory. If you are running SUU from a network shared location, copy the DSU ISO contents to a shared directory and run the CLI from the shared directory. You can use the CLI to: • • Perform comparisons and updates. For the list of commands, see List of CLI Commands. View the progress of the update.
Table 4. CLI Commands List (continued) CLI Command Syntax Command Description — iprog | — inventoryprogress Shows the progress (in percentage) of the comparison between the components in the system and the components in the repository. — nc | — nocoreq Filters the corequisities applicable on the system.
4 Integrating Server Update Utility with other components The different possibilities of integrating SUU with other components are: • • • Integrating SUU with OpenManage Essentials Creating a custom SUU using Repository Manager Exporting as a SUU Topics: • • • Integrating SUU with OpenManage Essentials Creating a custom SUU using Repository Manager Exporting as a SUU Integrating SUU with OpenManage Essentials OpenManage Essentials is a hardware management application that provides a comprehensive view o
7. After the plug-in is downloaded, the Report dialog box is displayed. Close the dialog box. 8. After the latest plug-in is installed, the version of the installed Plugin is displayed. Click Next. 9. From the Browse For Folder dialog box, navigate to the folder on the local drive, where you want to save the ISO file, and then click OK. 10. Click Finish. 11. Click Accept to accept the security warning.
9. Click Finish.
5 Known issues and frequently asked questions This section describes some known issues and frequently asked questions for SUU. Topics: • • Known issues Frequently asked questions Known issues The following are some known issues with SUU. Progress of inventory not displayed The progress of Inventory is not displayed and below message is displayed while launching SUU. Unable to show information for inventory.
NOTE: The RPMs are available on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 x64 media. Enabling operating system devices SUU does not inventory or update devices that are disabled in the operating system, though these devices may be displayed in the Comparison Report. To update the disabled devices, make the appropriate changes in the operating system and restart SUU. Linux systems library On Linux systems, libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.5 and libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 libraries are required to run SUU.
Running SUU over a network • • When SUU is running over a network and is performing a system inventory, if the system gets disconnected from the network, SUU displays a blank Comparison Report. To view the contents of the Comparison Report, ensure that you are connected to the network and restart SUU. When SUU is running over a network and the Comparison Report is displayed, if the system gets disconnected from the network and then if you click the Update button, SUU does not update any components.
Running RAC DUP packages On Dell’s 12th generation of PowerEdge servers or later, if you launch SUU when a Remote Access Controller (RAC) DUP package (RAC 4/P or RAC 4/i) is running, the DUP package update stops. To resolve this issue, run SUU only after the RAC DUP package update is complete. Frequently asked questions When I run suu -c on a Linux system, I get an error saying, "Problem running Inventory Collector.
A Identifying the series of your Dell EMC PowerEdge servers The PowerEdge series of servers form Dell EMC are divided into different categories on the basis of their configuration. For easier reference, they are referred to as YX2X, YX3X, YX4X, YX4XX, or YX5XX series of servers. The structure of the naming convention is described below: The letter Y denotes the alphabets in the server model number. The alphabets denote the form factor of the server.