Users Guide

Action Mandatory Attributes Optional Attributes Syntax/Example
inventory-file=\
\192.168.10.24\Share
\inventory.xml
dsu --preview --
catalog-loction=\
\192.168.10.24\Share
\Catalog.gz --input-
inventory-file=\
\192.168.10.24\Share
\inventory.xml --
authentication=abc:a
bc:abc_
Preview output using offline
source (when the internet
connection is not available)
--preview
--source-location
--source-type
--remote
--config
--authentication
Format:
dsu --preview --
source-
location=<location>
--source-
type=<type>
Example:
dsu --preview --
source-
location=C:\Dell
\Dell EMC System
Update\Dell_dup
\abc --source-
type=REPOSITORY
dsu --preview --
source-
location=C:\Dell
\Dell EMC System
Update\Dell_dup
\abc --source-
type=REPOSITORY --
authentication=Admin
istrator:password123
Updating Server
DSU connects to remote systems for performing inventory and update operations on them. With update feature, user can perform the
following use cases:
DSU provides methods for determining and applying updates in both interactive and non-interactive ways. DSU provides following facilities
for applying updates in a non-interactive manner.
NOTE: By default DSU runs in interactive mode for local host and in non-interactive mode for remote host.
• Upgrades Only
• Downgrades Only.
• Equivalent update
• Updating specific components.
• Updating components from specified categories. Click the hyperlink for more information.
See the below table for all the update use cases and respective mandatory and optional attributes along with format and an example.
For more details on optional attributes and its usage, click the hyperlink that is provided in the below table.
DSU features
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