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DELL EMC System Update Version 1.5.0 User’s Guide

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Sample options usage

The following are some of the sample options with DSU:

Sample Config file

To point to a repository hosted at http://<ip_address>/<directory>(for example, http://192.168.10.11/16.08.00), the config XML file is: 

<DSUConfig>
                                    <Repository Type="YUM"> 
                                    <RepoLocation IP="192.168.10.11" Directory="16.08.00" UseLatestDSU="False"/> 
                                    </Repository> 
                                    </DSUConfig>
Table 1. Config file options usage. The following table describes the type of repository and configuration method.
Options Usage Description

IP="<ipaddress>"/ Directory="<directoryaddress>"

The attributes provides the location of repository for the update of IP and Directory as: [IP + '/' + Directory]. If the Type is YUM, location provided in the [IP + '/' + Directory] is expected to carry updates in rpm format. If the Type is REPOSITORY, location provided by the [IP + '/' + Directory] should contain catalog file in .gz format and same will be used to fetch updates.

Type="YUM|REPOSITORY"

When type is YUM, the command specific to the OS will be used to install updates. Updates are fetched from IP + '/' + Directory using YUM.

When type is REPOSITORY, the updates will be downloaded from location provided in the IP + '/' + Directory.

UseLatestDSU="True|False"

This options is ignored in case type is REPOSITORY.

When type is YUM, DSU'S version is compared from the location provided in the IP + '/' + Directory to the version carried by DSU bootable plug-in.

Command to create bootable non-interactive DSU ISO

Linux Operating System:

dsu --non-interactive --destination-type=ISO --destination-location=/root/home/output.iso --config=/root/home/config.xml --source-type=REPOSITORY --source-location="ftp.dell.com/catalog"

Microsoft Windows Operating System:

dsu --non-interactive --destination-type=ISO --destination-location= C:\output.iso –—config=C:\config.xml

Command to create bootable interactive DSU ISO

Linux Operating System:

dsu --destination-type=ISO --destination-location=/root/home/output.iso

Microsoft Windows Operating System:

dsu --destination-type=ISO --destination-location= C:\output.iso

Command to package the selected updates to a folder using existing bootable ISO

Linux Operating System:

dsu --destination-type=CBD --destination-location=/root/home/outdirectory --bootable-log-location=/var/log/bootmsg.log

Microsoft Windows Operating System:

dsu --destination-type=CBD --destination-location= C:\outdirectory --bootable-log-location=/var/log/bootmsg.log

DSU to use with custom offline repository created with Dell Repository Manager

Linux Operating System:

dsu --source-type=REPOSITORY --source-location=/mnt/DRM_REPO/

Microsoft Windows Operating System:

dsu --source-type=REPOSITORY --source-location=C:\DRM_REPO

Command to update the type of the repository

dsu --source-type=REPOSITORY --source-location="ftp.dell.com/catalog"

dsu --source-type=OSNATIVE

Command to create bootable DSU ISO

Linux Operating System:

dsu --destination-type=ISO -destination-location="/home/demo.iso" -n -source-type=REPOSITORY -source-location="192.168.10.11/16.08.00" -config="/usr/libexec/dell_dup/dsuconfig.xml"

Windows Operating System:

dsu --destination-type=ISO -destination-location="C:\demo.iso" -n -source-type=REPOSITORY -source-location="192.168.10.11/16.08.00" -config="C:\dsuconfig.xml"

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