Re: Dsu downgrading

Fyi more data and definitely further evidence of the need to have more
command line args tuning the behaviour of the dsu -n/--non-interative option

We now installed the latest dsu, version XXXXXX.7 vs XXXXXX.6, and it still
downgraded one component from what was sent to us from the factory.

I know and appreciate you are working on this issue. Just more evidence if
you receive push back, extra options guiding the non-interactive updates
are definitely needed

Thanks Again

[root@XXXXXXXXX ~]# rpm -qa | grep dell
dell-system-update-1.1-15.07.00.x86_64**************************
[root@XXXXXXXXX ~]# 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.

 Done! Please run 'dsu --inventory' to check the inventory


On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 12:02 PM, jsl6uy js16uy <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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