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4 1905 Patch and Update Process
IMPORTANT: Be sure to follow the prerequisites listed in the previous section before you run the 1905
Patch and Update process.
You must first prepare the environment. This section covers the preparation steps.
In the "Update the computers" section of the CPS Standard Administrators Guide, complete "Step 1: Restart
the Console VM" and "Step 2: Run a health check and fix any discovered issues." This includes
functionality to check for and disable any running backup jobs.
IMPORTANT: Do not start the update process. Instead, run the Health Check, fix any discovered issues,
and stop any running backup jobs.
4.1 Step 1: Run the 1905 DellEMC P&U package
(DHCS_Update_1905_Run_First)
IMPORTANT: You must run this package (DHCS_Update_1905_Run_First) before you run the 1905
Microsoft P&U package (DHCS_Update_1905_Run_Second).
Because of the size of this package, estimates for deployment duration are 12 to 18 hours. Run the
PUDellEMC update package by doing the following:
1. Browse to the shared folder PUShare on the console VM, and create a folder to store the DELLEMC P&U
package, such as PU_DellEMC#, where # is the number or some other identifier of the specific update
package. For example:
\\<Prefix>CON01\PUShare\PU_DellEMC1905
IMPORTANT: Do not use the same folder name as an existing folder because you want to maintain a
history of each patching update.
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.
2. While logged into the console VM, browse to the location where you unzipped the Patch and Update
package you downloaded from the website, and execute the file with the format
DHCS_Update_1905_Run_First.exe to extract the update. When prompted, select the
PU_DellEMC1905 folder to store the extracted files.
3. Now that the patching environment is set up, you can start the patching process by running a Windows
PowerShell script. Run the following command:
\\<Prefix>CON01\PUShare\PU_DellEMC1905\PU\Framework\PatchingUpgrade\InvokePURu
n.ps1 -PUCredential (Get-Credential)
Note: The P&U (Patch and Update) will stop if you have alerts in your SCOM. Please fix any issues
reported by SCOM. If the alerts are not critical you can use: