Users Guide

staged and are applied immediately. Using CAU you can minimize any disruption or server downtime allowing continuous
availability of the workload. Hence, there is no impact to the service provided by the cluster group. For more information
on CAU, see Cluster-Aware Updating Overview section at technet.microsoft.com.
Update group notes
● You cannot create, modify or delete the predefined update groups manually.
● You cannot update the CMC firmware directly from the appliance; however, you can update the firmware of the modular
server present in CMC. For updating CMC firmware, see — Updating CMC firmware in Dell PowerEdge M1000e Chassis
Management Controller Firmware User’s Guide. For updating CMC firmware in VRTX, see — Updating firmware in Dell
Chassis Management Controller for Dell PowerEdge VRTX User’s Guide, and for updating CMC firmware in FX2, see —
Updating firmware in Dell Chassis Management Controller for Dell PowerEdge FX2 User’s Guide.
Viewing update groups
To view update groups:
1. In DLCI for SCVMM, click Maintenance Center and then click Maintenance Settings.
2. In Maintenance Settings, click Update Groups.
Creating custom update groups
To create custom update groups:
1. In DLCI for SCVMM, click Maintenance Center, and then click Maintenance Settings.
2. In Maintenance Settings, click Update Groups, and then click Create.
The Firmware Update Group page is displayed.
3. Provide the details, and select the type of update group that you want to create.
Custom update groups can have servers only form the following update group types:
● Generic host update group — consists servers from default unassigned update groups and host update groups.
● Host update group — consists servers from default host update groups.
4. To add servers in the update group, search for the servers using their service tag, and click Save.
Modifying custom update groups
Consider the following when you are modifying a custom update group:
● You cannot change the type of an update group after it is created.
● To move servers from one custom update group to another custom update group:
○ Remove the server from the existing custom update group. It is then automatically added into the predefined update
group.
○ Now edit the custom group to add the server into, and then search for the server using the service tag.
To modify a custom update group:
1. In DLCI for SCVMM, click Maintenance Center, and then click Maintenance Settings.
2. In Maintenance Settings, click Update Groups, select the update group, and then click Edit to modify the update group.
Deleting custom update groups
Consider the following when you are deleting a custom update group in the following circumstances:
● You cannot delete an update group if it has a job scheduled, in-progress, or waiting.
● You can delete an update group even if servers are present in that update group. However, after deleting such an update
group, the servers are moved to their respective predefined update groups.
To delete a custom update group:
1. In DLCI for SCVMM, click Maintenance Center, and then click Maintenance Settings.
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