Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- DELL EMC System Update Version 1.9.2.0 User’s Guide
- Contents
- 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
Command for Windows:
dsu --list-critical-updates
Log level
Logging level of DSU. The default location for log file are as follows:
For windows: C:\ProgramData\Dell\DELL EMC System Update\dell_dup
For linux:/usr/libexec/dell_dup
● 1=FATAL messages.
● 2= FATAL+ERROR messages.
● 3=FATAL+ERROR+ WARNING messages are logged
● 4=FATAL+ERROR+WARNING+User Information messages are logged
Command for Linux:
dsu --log-level=<log level>
Command for Windows:
dsu --log-level=<log level>
Pushing updates to the remote system
This option is used only with --remote option. If this option is provided, all the files that are required for the remote update are
copied to the remote platform. Also, push updates option is helpful when remote systems are not connected to the internet.
Command for Linux:
dsu --push-remote-updates
Command for Windows:
dsu --push-remote-updates
DSU installer file location
To install or update the DSU on remote systems which is required for remote updating.
NOTE: If this option is not provided, then the DSU installer file present in the catalog are used.
NOTE: The DSU version should be same version as the local system.
Command for Linux:
--dsu-lin64-installer-location=<DSU lin64 installer location>
Command for Windows:
--dsu-win64-installer-location=<DSU win64 installer location>
Restarting system
To restart the system, automatically post updates.
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