Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- DELL EMC System Update Version 1.9.1.0 User’s Guide
- Introduction to Dell System Update
- Support Matrix
- Installing DSU
- To install Dell System Update
- Install Dell System Update DUP on Linux operating systems
- Online method to install Dell System Update on SLES operating system
- Online method to install Dell System Update on Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system
- Install Dell System Update using the offline method on systems running supported Linux operating systems
- Install Dell System Update on systems running Ubuntu
- To install Dell System Update on the supported Ubuntu at command prompt
- Installing DSU DUP on Windows server operating systems on command prompt
- Dell System Update features
- Network share
- Index catalog
- Sample scripts using DSU
- Dell System Update Options
- DSU Help
- Utility version
- Non-interactive update
- System inventory
- Proxy
- Certificate
- Compliance
- Catalog location
- Catalog ID
- Category values
- Category list
- Upgrades only
- Downgrades only
- Updates list
- Equivalent version updates
- Inventory file path
- Output inventory information
- Preview updates
- Configuration file
- Destination type
- Path of the inventory collector binary file
- Source Location
- Destination location
- Bootable ISO log
- Source type
- Path to save the log file
- List only critical updates
- Log level
- Pushing updates to the remote system
- DSU installer file location
- Restarting system
- To ignore the optional dependency
- To import the Dell public key
- To ignore the signature verification
- Component Type
- Remote
- Providing the updates for remote system using iDRAC
- To use operating system to iDRAC, pass through interface
- Input inventory
- Output inventory
- Output format
- Uninstall
- Progress
- DSU Outputs and Options
- Uninstalling DSU
- Troubleshooting Dell System Update
- Frequently asked questions
- Sample
- Licenses
dsu --config="<configFile Path>" --remote --category=BI -e --reboot
The command restarts the remote systems specified in the config file if the update requires a restart of the system and will
relaunch DSU to check the status of the same.
Command to use push remote updates
dsu --push-remote-updates --remote --config="<filepath>" --category=BI
To push all the required updates to the remote system from the system where DSU is running, runs the update and provides the
status back.
Use with custom offline repository created with Dell Repository Manager
DSU can update a system based on a custom-built Server Update Utility (SUU) offline repository exported from Dell Repository
Manager (DRM):
● Build a bundle of desired DUPs using DRM in a custom repository or choose a Dell-defined system bundle from the Dell
Online Catalog tab.
● Select the checkbox of each desired bundle then click the Create Deployment Tools button.
● Choose Create Server Update Utility (SUU) and then SUU to Directory.
● Choose Generate 64-bit SUU.
● Browse for a directory to begin the export then click Finish.
Once the export task for the SUU image has completed then issue the following:
Linux Operating System:
dsu --source-type=REPOSITORY --source-location= ="<path_to_suu> repository" --ic-
location="<path_to_suu>/bin/Linux/invcol
Microsoft Windows Operating System:
dsu --source-type=REPOSITORY --source-location=="<path_to_suu> Repository" --ic-
location="<path_to_suu>\bin\Windows\invcol.exe
Command to update from the provided repository
dsu --source-type=REPOSITORY --source-location="downloads.dell.com/catalog"
dsu --source-type=OSNATIVE
In case of OSNATIVE the default repository will take the respective operating system flavor.
Command to create bootable DSU ISO
Linux Operating System:
dsu --destination-type=ISO --destination-location="/home/demo.iso" -n -source-
type=REPOSITORY --source-location="192.168.10.11/16.08.00" --config="/usr/libexec/dell_dup/
dsuconfig.xml"
Windows Operating System:
dsu --destination-type=ISO --destination-location="C:\demo.iso" -n -source-type=REPOSITORY
--source-location="192.168.10.11/16.08.00" --config="C:\dsuconfig.xml"
Command to create bootable non-interactive DSU ISO
Linux Operating System:
dsu --non-interactive --destination-type=ISO --destination-location=/root/home/
output.iso --config=/root/home/config.xml --source-type=REPOSITORY --source-
location="downloads.dell.com/catalog"
Sample
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