Thanks for the suggestion. "dsu -n" actually applies the updates when run in a regular environment, outside of the Kickstart file.
Cheers, -- Kilian On May 20, 2017 5:57 PM, "Patrick Boutilier" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/20/2017 09:45 PM, Kilian Cavalotti wrote: > >> HI, >> >> I'm trying to run an unattended upgrade of firmware as part of my >> servers deployment process and I have all the difficulties in the work >> to make that work. >> >> One of puzzling issues is that in the deployment environment (regular >> Kickstarted Anaconda, deploying CentOS servers), "dsu -n" somehow >> manages to think it's called in "preview" mode. The extremely >> frustrating outcome is that it lists the updates to apply, but just >> skips them. >> >> Here's the log: >> >> [63253]: + /sbin/dsu -n >> [63253]: Dell System Update 1.4.2 >> [63253]: Copyright (C) 2014 Dell Proprietary. >> [63253]: Verifying catalog installation ... >> [63253]: Installing catalog from repository ... >> [63253]: Fetching dsucatalog ... >> [63253]: Reading the catalog ... >> [63253]: Determining Applicable Updates ... >> [63253]: --------- Update Preview --------- >> [63253]: # : Component : Version : Filename >> [63253]: ---------------------------------- >> [63253]: 1 : OS COLLECTOR 2.1, A00 : OSC_1.1 : >> Diagnostics_Application_5D53Y_LN64_OSC_1.1_A00 >> [63253]: 2 : iDRAC : 2.41.40.40 : >> iDRAC-with-Lifecycle-Controller_Firmware_4950Y_LN_2.41.40.40_A00 >> [63253]: 3 : Intel(R) Ethernet 10G X520 LOM : 17.5.10 : >> Network_Firmware_V6TPJ_LN64_17.5.10_A00 >> [63253]: NOTE: The preview option displays the components which can be >> updated based on Catalog. This option does not update. >> [63253]: Run --inventory for checking the component status post DSU >> commit. >> [63253]: Exiting DSU! >> >> It's called as "/sbin/dsu -n" in the %post section of my kickstart >> file, and yet runs as it had been called as "dsu -p" >> >> Does anybody has any clue why this is happening? Could Dell please >> provide a fix? >> > > Maybe you need a "-u" as well to tell dsu to do the update? I don't have > any boxes that need any firmware updates so I can't test. > > > >> Thanks, >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > >
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