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\\<Prefix>CON01\PUShare\PU_DellEMC1905\PU\Framework\PatchingUpgrade\InvokePURun
.ps1 -PUCredential (Get-Credential) -ScomAlertAction "Continue"
4. When prompted, enter the account credentials of the account that you used to log into the ConsoleVM.
5. The Invoke-PURun script performs a one-time environment setup and may prompt you to restart
Windows PowerShell on its for invocation, for example:
PowerShell environment settings have changed. Please restart the PowerShell console before
proceeding.
If you see this message, close the current Windows PowerShell session, open a new elevated Windows
PowerShell session, and repeat steps 2 through 4 to start the health check process.
6. DPM agents on the DPM servers are in an Enabled state. If this is the case, the health check output
indicates that you must run the Set-DPMBackupMode script to cancel the jobs and disable the agents.
The PowerShell output looks similar to the following screenshot:
7. To cancel the jobs and disable the agents, do the following:
a. From an elevated Windows PowerShell session, run the following commands. Press Enter after
each command:
cd \\<Prefix>CON01\PUShare\<CPSPU Folder
Name>\PU\Framework\PatchingUpgrade"
Import-Module .\PatchingUpgrade\DPM.psm1
Set-DPMBackupMode -BackupMode Disable -Credential (Get-Credential)
b. When prompted, enter the account credentials of the account that you are logged on as.
At this point, the Patch and Update process should begin, with verbose output of the progress.
1. During the patching process note the following:
• If you click inside the Windows PowerShell window during the patching process, the screen
output will freeze, although the update process is still running. Press Enter to continue the
scrolling of output.
• Some component updates do not output status to the Windows PowerShell console. See the next
step for other ways to monitor progress.
• Updates of the physical cluster nodes may take a while. For example, a task that involves the
compute cluster (CCL) or storage cluster (SCL) may take some time, and the output may not