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7 Update 1703b for Cloud Platform System (CPS) Standard
"MicrosoftVersion": "1.0.1603.21000"
The third value (1603 in the example) indicates the year and month of the Microsoft update package.
1.4 When to run the update package
Dell recommends that the package be running during a scheduled maintenance window, or 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 firmware updates, there may be
associated downtime. Check the information that is provided with the update package.
Update 1703b contains three distinct phases:
 Performing prerequisites
 Running the 1703b DellEMC P&U package
 Running the 1703b Microsoft P&U package
CAUTION: The only supported sequence for running the packages is as follows:
1. Prerequisites
2. DellEMC P&U package
3. Microsoft P&U package
If you deviate from this sequence, the P&U process will fail.
If you receive an error when running one package, rerun that same package again. Do not run an earlier
package.
Run these phases sequentially in the same maintenance window, or in separate time blocks if needed. Each of these
procedures is described in the sections that follow.