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6 Dell EMC PowerEdge Updates Best Practices Guide (BPG)
1 Establishing a server maintenance strategy
The best practice for establishing a server maintenance strategy is to identify the components of a good plan.
The core of a good plan is the creation and maintenance of a baseline of device levels.
Once the components of a sound strategy are in place, ongoing maintenance is easier:
 Develop and maintain a baseline
 Notification of new updates
 Deploy the baseline and any subsequent updates.
Dell tools assist in each of these areas, providing you with as much or as little control as you require.
Planning and Deployment phases in updating the Dell EMC Enterprise Systems Applications