Users Guide

DSU Return Codes
The return codes help you determine and analyze the results after the execution of DSU, see the codes described in the
following table:
Table 7. DSU Return Codes
DSU Return Codes
Number Return Codes Description of Return Codes
0 Success Any successful operation performed by DSU.
1 Failure Any failure in operation performed by DSU.
2 Insufficient Privileges DSU not executed using ROOT privilege..
3 Invalid Log File Failure in opening a log file or invalid log location.
4 Invalid Log Level Invalid log level set by user.
6 Invalid Command Line Option Invalid combination of DSU options used. For example, –
destination type and –non-interactive cannot be used
simultaneously.
7 Unknown Option Incorrect option provided.
8 Reboot Required Reboot is required for the update to be completed successfully.
12 Authentication failure When the provided credentials during the network share are
incorrect, the following return code is displayed
13 Invalid Source Config (Configuration) Values provided for source location or source type is invalid.
14 Invalid Inventory Errors related to Inventory such as filename not present in the
location or failed parsing inventory.
15 Invalid Category Category value (for example: BI) may not exist, DSU returns
Invalid Category
17 Invalid Config (Configuration) File Configuration file location is invalid or failure in parsing it.
19 Invalid IC Location Invalid Location of inventory collector.
20 Invalid Component Type Any component type other than the specified type, displays
invalid component type
21 Invalid Destination Destination directory location is invalid.
22 Invalid Destination Type Destination type is not ISO or CBD.
24 Update Failure Failure in applying updates.
25 Update Partial Failure Out-of-date updates are selected.
26 Update Partial Failure And Reboot
Required
Out-of-date updates are selected. For successful updates, reboot
is required.
27 Destination not reachable Unable to connect to the remote machine
28 Connection access denied Privilege restriction
29 Connection invalid session Abrupt closure of the session
30 Connection Time out Connection to the system timed out
31 Connection unsupported protocol Invalid protocols provided during the connection to remote
system or target
32 Connection terminated Connection to the system terminated
33 Execution permission denied Restricted privilege
34 No Applicable Updates Found There are no updates found which can be applied.
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