Re: Dsu downgrading

Thanks very much for stated!

Those new options will be great. Looking forward to the next dsu update!

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 11:55 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> *Dell Customer Communication*
>
> Hello,
>
> This situation occurred as factory went out with the latest updates and
> DSU was scheduled to have those updates this week (July DSU is released
> shortly).
>
> The Linux repository you were using was from June and at that time those
> were the latest updates.
>
>
>
> We realize this is not a very good situation when DSU goes out and
> downgrades the existing firmware, we are treating this as a defect and will
> fix this.
>
>
>
> In the non-interactive mode we will given an option to users to upgrade
> only or update (upgrade and downgrade), we will get this solution out as
> soon as we can (the next release is in August, we will try for that, cannot
> commit to that at this time)
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kalyan.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* jsl6uy js16uy [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 18, 2015 2:35 PM
> *To:* Moharla, Kalyan
> *Cc:* linux-poweredge-Lists
> *Subject:* Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] Dsu downgrading
>
>
>
> Thanks very much for the quick response.
>
> Would definitely be interested in knowing what you find/what happened
>
> I very much like running the dsu in non-interactive mode, but need to be
> able trust what it is going to do, since there is no way to break out once
> non-interactive mode is kicked off. Maybe we need a dryrun mode/component
> for --non-interactive to verify if the dsu is going to take action like
> these, b/c currently there is no way to update these servers. With tools
> like ansible/puppet/clusterssh its quite conceivable that one could hit a
> high number of machines in one pass, as we did here, and now be all the
> worse off for it.
>
> Also we know support typically states to be on the latest firmware when
> you open a support call. So if we opened a support call for these hosts and
> support stated we were behind, in addition to being very annoyed ;), we
> would have know way to comply currently.
>
> thanks again, please keep us in the loop
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 10:56 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Dell Customer Communication
> DSU will always be looking at carrying the latest updates. We will check
> as to what happened here.
> There are times when if an update is having issues, the respective teams
> remove them and recommend customers to go back to an earlier update, in
> these cases DSU will recommend to downgrade.
>
> Anywise, we will see what the issue with these updates is and get back.
>
> Thanks,
> Kalyan.
>
>
> From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of jsl6uy js16uy
> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 2:02 AM
> To: linux-poweredge-Lists
> Subject: [Linux-PowerEdge] Dsu downgrading
>
> We received several new R630 from Dell and we are using dsu  -- Version :
> 15.06.00
> dell-system-update-1.1-15.06.00.x86_64.rpm<
> http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/dsu/os_independent/x86_64/dell-system-update-1.1-15.06.00.x86_64.rpm
> >
>
>
>
> The dells apparently were shipped with more recent firmware than available
> in the repo and the dsu downgraded everything it could. This is a problem.
> I would want the dsu to update only if something is less recent. How can
> this be avoided?
> Any clarity/help would be appreciated. At the very least why is the dsu
> repo and firmwares behind what is being shipped from factory and/or merge
> center?
>
> see output below:
>
> [root@********* ~]# dsu --non-interactive
> Getting System Inventory...
> Determining Applicable Updates...
> Installing Diagnostics_Application_7CCYY_LN_4239A14_4239.22...
> Collecting inventory...
> ................................................
> Running validation...
>
> Dell 64 Bit uEFI Diagnostics, version 4239, 4239A19, 4239.27
>
> The version of this Update Package is older than the currently installed
> version.
> Software application name: Dell 64 Bit uEFI Diagnostics, version 4239,
> 4239A19, 4239.27
> Package version: 4239A14
> Installed version: 4239A19
>
>
> Executing update...
> WARNING: DO NOT STOP THIS PROCESS OR INSTALL OTHER DELL PRODUCTS WHILE
> UPDATE IS IN PROGRESS.
> THESE ACTIONS MAY CAUSE YOUR SYSTEM TO BECOME UNSTABLE!
>
> ..........................................................................................
> The update completed successfully.
> Installing Firmware_PG71P_LN_1.09_A00-00...
> Collecting inventory...
> .....
> Running validation...
>
> 13G Backplane Expander FW
>
> The version of this Update Package is older than the currently installed
> version.
> Software application name: 13G Backplane Expander FW
> Package version: 1.09
> Installed version: 3.03
>
>
> Executing update...
> WARNING: DO NOT STOP THIS PROCESS OR INSTALL OTHER DELL PRODUCTS WHILE
> UPDATE IS IN PROGRESS.
> THESE ACTIONS MAY CAUSE YOUR SYSTEM TO BECOME UNSTABLE!
>
> .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
> Device: 13G Backplane Expander FW
>   Application: 13G Backplane Expander FW
>   The microcode download has completed successfully but further action is
> required by the
>   application client.
>
> Firmware_PG71P_LN_1.09_A00-00 could not be installed
> Installing
> iDRAC-with-Lifecycle-Controller_Firmware_FM1PC_LN_2.10.10.10_A00...
> Collecting inventory...
> .
> Running validation...
>
> iDRAC
>
> The version of this Update Package is older than the currently installed
> version.
> Software application name: iDRAC
> Package version: 2.10.10.10
> Installed version: 2.15.10.10
>
>
> Executing update...
> WARNING: DO NOT STOP THIS PROCESS OR INSTALL OTHER DELL PRODUCTS WHILE
> UPDATE IS IN PROGRESS.
> THESE ACTIONS MAY CAUSE YOUR SYSTEM TO BECOME UNSTABLE!
>
> ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
> The update completed successfully.
> Installing SAS-RAID_Firmware_V43G1_LN_25.2.2-0004_A03...
> Collecting inventory...
> .....
> Running validation...
>
> PERC H730P Mini Controller 0
>
> The version of this Update Package is older than the currently installed
> version.
> Software application name: PERC H730P Mini Controller 0 Firmware
> Package version: 25.2.2-0004
> Installed version: 25.3.0.0016
>
>
> Executing update...
> WARNING: DO NOT STOP THIS PROCESS OR INSTALL OTHER DELL PRODUCTS WHILE
> UPDATE IS IN PROGRESS.
> THESE ACTIONS MAY CAUSE YOUR SYSTEM TO BECOME UNSTABLE!
>
> ..............................................................................................
> .....................
> The system should be restarted for the update to take effect.
> Installing BIOS_PDKC1_LN_1.2.10...
> Collecting inventory...
>
> Running validation...
>
> PowerEdge R630 BIOS
>
> The version of this Update Package is older than the currently installed
> version.
> Software application name: BIOS
> Package version: 1.2.10
> Installed version: 1.3.6
>
>
> Executing update...
> WARNING: DO NOT STOP THIS PROCESS OR INSTALL OTHER DELL PRODUCTS WHILE
> UPDATE IS IN PROGRESS.
> THESE ACTIONS MAY CAUSE YOUR SYSTEM TO BECOME UNSTABLE!
>
> .......................................................................................
> The system should be restarted for the update to take effect.
>
> Done! Please run 'dsu --inventory' to check the inventory
>
> Please reboot the system for update(s) to take effect
>
>
>

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