Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] dell-system-upgrade on CentOS 7 "Could not parse the inventory"

2016-06-20 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential The DSU repository is refreshed and a new version 16.06.00 is available. The dsu execution during repository sync among servers could have caused this issue. Please retry and let us know if issue persists. Soorej Ponnandi Dell | Change Management From:

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] up or downgrade of OSC

2016-03-18 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Also, once the update is applied, OSC 1.1 will be upgraded to 2.0 (even if the tool indicates a downgrade). Soorej Ponnandi Dell | Change Management office + 91 80 2807 7759 Extn: 78469 From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Ponnandi, Soorej Sent:

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] up or downgrade of OSC

2016-03-19 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Hi Peter, This is known as per DSU index page. Known Issues: * In Platforms with OS Collector (version OSC_1.1) installed, DSU Comparison report will show as Downgrade to OS Collector 2.0 This is due to OS Collector team changing the version string format.

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] DSU 16.03.00 repo

2016-03-24 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Hi, The DSU 16.03.00 is demoted and http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/dsu/ currently points to 16.02.00 which is, as of now, is the latest available repository. Soorej Ponnandi Dell | Change Management office + 91 80 2807 7759 Extn: 78469 -Original

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] dsu performs a 'yum upgrade -y' when upgrading firmware

2016-03-07 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Hi, DSU only facilitates the system updates using the packages provided by various teams. We are currently facing issues with OMSA updates using yum and we are working with OMSA engg: team to make the experience better. This will be addressed soon. Thanks,

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] DSU out of date?

2016-03-02 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Thanks for pointing this, it is a defect. We will fix this on priority and try to make it available by 04/2016 Thanks, Soorej From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Pablo Ilarragorri Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 9:23 PM To: Max Vernimmen

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] dsu failing on two machines

2016-03-29 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Hi Matthew, The DSU repository 16.03.00 included OMSA updates that has not been officially released yet. Hence, the repository is demoted and as of now the latest repository is 16.02.00. The web links of the repository took time to reflect this change and

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] latest link changed - now pointing to DSU

2016-04-25 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Hi, Many users are unaware of the deprecation of old Dell Linux Repository and still uses it through 'latest' link. To avoid the confusion, we have changed the link to the latest DSU repository which is the replacement of Dell Linux Repository.

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] latest link changed - now pointing to DSU

2016-04-28 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Hi, We are planning to extend DSU OS support for Ubuntu. For now, we have setup a page (not an APT repository) with updates which will work in Ubuntu environment. Link here: http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/ubuntu/latest.html Soorej Ponnandi

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] Debian DLR packages was OMSA 8.3 for Ubuntu lacks racadm tools

2016-05-11 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Hi, The DLR repository is deprecated. Please use DSU repository at http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/dsu/. The procedure to install/update OMSA is documented in that page. Soorej Ponnandi Dell | Change Management office + 91 80 2807 7759 Extn:

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] Automatic Updates Broken With Repo Change

2016-05-06 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Hi, The deprecated DLR used ‘yum-dellsysid’ package to retrieve Dell System ID. In DSU, it is replaced by inventory collector and hence ‘yum-dellsysid’ is not being used. When DLR installed ‘yum-dellsysid’ package, it also installed following packages as

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] DSU dell-system-update-1.2.1-16.07.00.x86_64 refusing to run on PE 1950...?

2016-07-28 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Dominik, DSU supports platforms belonging to 10G or higher, whereas PowerEdge 1950 belongs to 9G platform and not supported. Soorej Ponnandi Dell | Change Management office + 91 80 2807 7759 Extn: 78469 From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Mark

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] DSU dell-system-update-1.2.1-16.07.00.x86_64 refusing to run on PE 1950...?

2016-07-29 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Hi, DSU is not blocked from execution on platforms. Upon execution, DSU requires Catalog (from the repository) to determine the updates available for the specific platform. The Catalog is not supporting 9G platforms anymore. When DSU fails to find the

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] dsu on red hat 7?

2016-07-21 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Rich, The latest DSU support RedHat 7.2 x86_64. The "Could not parse the inventory" message is due to some error in inventorying the platform. If you have configured the latest DSU repo (16.07.00), please execute the inventory collector and share the

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] dsu inconsistency

2017-01-24 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential It is a known issue documented in : http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/dsu/. Please continue and upgrade to 2.1 Known Issues: In Platforms with OS Collector (version OSC_1.1) installed, DSU Comparison report will show as Downgrade to OS Collector

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] BIOS and iDRAC update failure on R320

2017-01-18 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential +Santosh for more input. Chris, Can you retry the update after "racadm racreset" Soorej Ponnandi Dell | Change Management -Original Message- From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Chris Cooke Sent: Wednesday,

[Linux-PowerEdge] DSU Repository : February 2017

2017-02-27 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Hi All, New DELL EMC System Update (DSU) v1.4.0 is available with this repository. Fixes & Enhancements: Fixes: 1. The issue of automatically creating /usr/libexec to store the executables has been fixed. Enhancements: 1. User readable log

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] dsu 1.3-16.08.00

2016-08-25 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Stephan, The option --collect-inventory takes inventory xml (here /root/inventory.xml) as an input. For this we need an existing inventory collector output (Inventory.xml). Inventory output can be obtained by executing inventory collector

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] DSU: "Could not parse the inventory"

2016-10-26 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Please do the following: 1. ls -l /usr/libexec/dell_dup 2. Execute inventory collector (example: invcol_7RMG4_LN64_16.10.200.816_A00 in the /usr/lilbexec/dell_dup folder):

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] Bootable media ISO updater too large for vFlash

2016-11-03 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Hi Sven, Have a look at DSU (Dell System Updates) utility which can provide bootable ISOs and perform automated firmware updates. Latest DSU repository link: http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/dsu/ Copying relevant portions from DSU documentation:

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] Dell System Update or Dell Linux Repository which is better

2016-12-15 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Hi Larry, Dell Linux Repository (DLR) is deprecated by the new Dell System Update (DSU). DSU has lot many features added and easy to use. The DSU update repository is refreshed every month. Link: http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/dsu/ The “/tmp/SECUPD”

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] running dsu from an iso image?

2017-03-15 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Also, you can create a customized repository using Dell Repository Manager and export it to a folder as George mentioned, and use dsu to point it as the repository source. Example: If the custom repository by Dell Repository Manager is copied in

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] dsu on ubu 16.04 via ubu live iso

2017-03-10 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Hi, DSU will try to create the work folder “/usr/libexec/dell_dup/” and copy files during execution. Please make sure the /usr folder is writable in the booted ISO. Soorej Ponnandi Dell | Change Management From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On

Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] DSU replaces '-n' option with '-p'

2017-05-23 Thread Soorej_Ponnandi
Dell - Internal Use - Confidential Kilian, As per your mail: > 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" As I understand, the commands in the %post section will be executed while creating