Administrator Guide

When to run the update package
Run the update package during a scheduled maintenance window when there is low activity. There is associated downtime for the
infrastructure VMs if the package installs updates that require a server restart on the VMs.
The patch and update mechanism does not target tenant workloads for software updates, so tenant VMs should not typically experience
downtime. However, if an update package contains driver and rmware updates, there may be associated downtime. Check the information
that is provided with the update package.
Preparing the patching environment
Prepare the patching environment before running the package. To prepare the patching environment:
• Verify that you have an account with the permissions required to run the framework
• Extract the P&U package to the correct share on the stamp, and
• Verify that Group Policy settings do not block any driver updates by blocking the mounting of USB virtual disks, if the package contains
rmware/driver updates.
Step 1: Prepare user account for patching
It is recommended that you create a new, temporary member of the <Prex>- Setup-Admins group for running the P&U, and then remove
the privilege after you have completed the process. Create this user account on a computer that has the Active Directory Users and
Computers snap-in installed, as follows:
1 Log on as a domain administrator or as a user who has delegated permissions to the organizational unit (OU) for the Dell Hybrid Cloud
System for Microsoft stamp.
2 Add the user account that you want to use for patching to the <Prex>- Setup-Admins group in the OU for the stamp (Parent OU
\StampPrex OU).
NOTE
: A username of 8 characters or less is recommended.
Step 2: Set up the environment for the P&U update package
Copy the P&U update package to the correct location, and then run a Windows PowerShell script to set up the environment.
1 Download the update package to a location that you can access from the Console VM.
2 Log on to the Console VM using the account that is a member of <Prex>- Setup-Admins.
3 Create a share for the P&U package:
a On the console VM, create a folder, such as PUShare.
b Right-click the folder, and then click Properties.
c On the Sharing tab, click Share.
d Add the <Prex>- Setup-Admins group with Read/Write permissions.
4 Browse to the shared folder, and create a folder to store the update package, such as PU_#, where # is the number or some other
identier of the specic update package. In the following example, 1603 represents the year/month:
\\< Prex >CON01\PUShare\ PU_1603
IMPORTANT
: Do not use the same folder name as an existing folder because you want to maintain a history of each
patching update.
5 Copy the update package to the folder that you created in the previous step.
NOTE
: If the update package is larger than 2 GB, and the copy and paste operation fails, see https://
support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2258090.
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