Dell PowerProtect DD Management Center (DDMC) 7.9 Installation and Administration Guide

Performing a DDMC software update in GCP

After you have uploaded an update package, you can use it to update your DDMC software.

A third disk with 100 GB must be added before upgrading to DDMC 7.6.

Go to GCP console: https://console.cloud.google.com/.
Click Compute Engine, VM instances, and select the DDMC instance.
Click Edit under Additional Disks, and click Add new disk.
- Name: enter the name string for the third service disk
- Type: set it to the same type as root disk or db disk
- Size: 100 GB
Click Save.

The instance type e2-standard-4 is required. If the instance type does not match, an alert is displayed.

Go to GCP console: https://console.cloud.google.com/
Click Compute Engine, VM instances, and select the DDMC instance.
In navigation bar, click STOP to stop the DDMC instance.
Once the DDMC instance is in stopped state, click EDIT in the navigation bar
In Machine Configuration:
- Machine family > General-purpose > Series: Select select E2
- Machine Type: Select e2-standard-4
Click Save.

Review the appropriate release notes for instructions for this update, and verifying available space.

NOTE For most releases, updates are permitted from up to two prior major release versions.
Click the Settings button (the gear icon) in the DDMC banner, then select System > UPDATE.
In the Update Packages Available area, select the update package from the list, and select Perform System Update.
Monitor the update progress from the DDMC console page.
The update process automatically reboots DDMC.
It is recommended that you keep the System Update progress dialog open until the update completes or until the system powers off.