Administrator Guide

When the P&U framework runs, it does the following:

• Orchestrates the updates so that they are performed in the correct order.

• Automatically puts servers in and out of maintenance mode during servicing.

• Validates components when servicing is complete.

The P&U framework installs approved software updates on infrastructure hosts and VMs for various combinations of the following

products:

NOTE: Any given package may or may not contain updates from all the categories listed. For the specic contents of any

particular package, see the package Release Notes, which you can obtain from the same download location as the package itself.

See How to obtain the update packages for details.

• Windows Server

• Windows Azure Pack

• System Center

• SQL Server

• Dell software

• Dell Deployment UI

• Drivers and rmware updates for Dell Hardware.

If the package also includes rmware and driver updates, the framework installs the approved rmware and driver updates on the physical

cluster nodes.

IMPORTANT

: Do NOT install Windows Server, Windows Azure Pack, System Center, and SQL Server updates by using any

method other than the P&U framework. Install only update packages that Microsoft and Dell have tested and approved for the

Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft.

How to check which update package is installed

To check the version of the update package that is currently installed on the stamp, do the following:

1 On the Console VM, open the DeploymentManifest.xml le at the path:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Cloud Solutions\DeployDriver\Manifests

2 At the top of the le, look for the following entries:

• “Version=”: This is the version of the Dell-provided update package.

• “MicrosoftVersion=”: This is the version of the Microsoft-specic updates that were incorporated in the Dell-provided update

package, for example:

"MicrosoftVersion": "1.0.1603.21000"

The third value (1603 in the example) indicates the year and month of the Microsoft update package.

How to obtain the update packages

Dell releases approved updates as Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft P&U packages. To check if a new update package is available,

see the Drivers and Downloads section of the Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft page on the Dell support website

(

support.dell.com). Navigate to Browse for a product. Click View products. Click Servers, Storage, & Networking > Engineering

Solutions > Microsoft Cloud Solutions > Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft. You can nd the latest update package by clicking

Drivers and Downloads.

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