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6 Update 1611 for Cloud Platform System (CPS) Standard
1.1 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 file at the path:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Cloud Solutions\DeployDriver\Manifests.
2. At the top of the file, look for the following entries:
•“Version=”: This is the version of the Dell-provided update package.
• “ MicrosoftVersion= ”: This is the version of the Microsoft-specific 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.
1.2 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 1611 contains four distinct phases:
Performing prerequisites
Running the 1611 P&U update package PUDellEMC
Running the 1611 Microsoft P0 Patch and Update package
Running the 1611 Microsoft P1 Patch and Update package
CAUTION:
The only supported sequence for running the packages is as follows:
1. Prerequisites
2. PUDellEMC package
3. Microsoft P0 package
4. Microsoft P1 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.