DELL EMC System Update Version 1.6 User’s Guide

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Updating the system using DSU

For a list of CLI options for systems running DSU, a description of each option, and the command syntax see the following table:

Table 1. DSU Commands for Linux and Microsoft Windows Operating Systems . The following table describes the DSU Commands for both Linux and Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.
DSU Commands for Linux and Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
Using DSU Help
Description	To access the DSU Help.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --help` or `dsu —h`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu —help`, `dsu /?`, or `dsu /h`
Getting the DSU utility version
Description	To get the DSU utility version.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --version` or `dsu —v`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --version` or `dsu /v`
Executing DSU
Description	To get the applicable updates.
Command Syntax for Linux and Microsoft Windows	`dsu`
Run Non-Interactive Updates using DSU
Description	To run the Non-Interactive updates.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --non-interactive`, `dsu —n`, or `dsu —q`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --non-interactive`, `dsu /n`, or `dsu /q`
Viewing system inventory using DSU
Description	To see the System Inventory.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --inventory` or `dsu —i`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --inventory` or `dsu /i`
To provide location of catalog in DSU.
Description	To enable the user to specify the location of the catalog in DSU.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --catalog-location`=<filepath>
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --catalog-location`=<filepath>
Getting supported category values using DSU
Description	To get all the supported category values and display the corresponding acronym for the category name from the catalog.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --get-categories` or `dsu —g`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --get-categories` or `dsu /g`
Getting all components of the specified categories using DSU
Description	To get all the upgradable components of the specified categories.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --category= <CATEGORY1,CATEGORY2,..>` or `dsu —c`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --category= <CATEGORY1,CATEGORY2,..>` or `dsu /c`
Getting the upgradable updates
Description	To get the list of upgradable components.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --apply-upgrades` or `dsu —u`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --apply-upgrades` or `dsu /u`
Getting the downgradable updates
Description	To get the list of downgradable components.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --apply-downgrades` or `dsu -d`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --apply-downgrades` or `dsu /d`
Getting the equivalent version updates
Description	To get the list of applicable components of the same versions for updating. Example, if the installed version of the component is same as the available version of the component in the catalog. Hence to force install the below option is used.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --apply-equivalents` or `dsu —e`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --apply-equivalents` or `dsu /e`
Applying the updates specified in the file list
Description	To apply the updates specified in the file list, if applicable and available in catalog.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --update-list=<FILENAME1,FILENAME2,...>` or `dsu —l`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --update-list=<FILENAME1,FILENAME2,...>` or `dsu /l`
Path of the file providing the inventory
Description	To provide the path of the inventory file.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --input-inventory-file=<FILE>`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --input-inventory-file=<FILE>` or `dsu /input-inventory-file=<FILE>`
Destination path to save the inventory file
Description	To provide the destination file path to save the inventory file in XML format.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --output-inventory-xml=<FILE>`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --output-inventory-xml=<FILE>` or `dsu /output-inventory-xml=<FILE>`
Displays a preview of the applicable updates
Description	Displays a preview of the updated system inventory post commit.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --preview` or `dsu –p`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --preview` or `dsu /p`
Configuration file for DSU
Description	Configuration the file path for DSU.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --config=<FILE>`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --config=<FILE>` or `dsu /config=<FILE>`
Packages the updates into a bootable ISO or a directory
Description	`--destination-type=<ISO \| CBD>` When the type is `--destination-type=ISO` DSU runs in the interactive mode and the selected updates are delivered as a bootable ISO, upon boot the components are updated. When `ISO` if used along with `--non-interactive` Bootable ISO is created, upon boot, runs DSU in non-interactive mode. The repository location should be configured using `--config=<FILE>` When the type is `--destination-type=CBD`(where CBD is: Custom Bootable DSU) — DSU runs in the interactive mode, provides the selected updates along with deployment script.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --destination-type=<TYPE>`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --destination-type=<TYPE>`
Path of the inventory collector binary file
Description	To provide the path, of the inventory collector binary or executable file in the target machine.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --ic-location=<FILE>`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --ic-location=<FILE>`
Source Location
Description	Enables the user to specify the location of the source or repository.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --source-location=<PATH>`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu /source-location=<PATH>`
Path where the package is created
Description	To provide the path of the package created using the –destination-type and to be saved. NOTE: When using --destination-type=ISO, the ISO filename provided in --destination-location should adhere to ISO9660 file system standards. For more details see main page of genisoimage.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --destination-location=<DIR>`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --destination-location=<DIR>`
Bootable ISO log
Description	This option enables one to specify the location at which the log shall be written while applying the updates using the bootable ISO created using DSU.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --bootable-log-location=<Log file location>`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --bootable-log-location=<Log file location>`
Configures the type of repository
Description	To configure the source type of repository. The supported type is `<REPOSITORY>` and `<OSNATIVE>` for Linux operating system and for Microsoft Windows operating system. By default the source location will be to downloads.dell.com.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --source—type=<TYPE>`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu /source—type=<TYPE>` or `--source—type=<TYPE>`
Path to save the log file
Description	To provide the file path to save the dsu log file.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --output-log-file=/root/dsu.log`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu /output-log-file=C:\dsu.log` or `dsu --output-log-file=C:\dsu.log`
List Critical updates
Description	To report components with critical is displayed.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --list-critical-updates`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu /list-critical-updates or --list-critical-updates`
Configures the logger
Description	To configure the dsu logger. 0 to disable / OFF 1 to enable (there are 4 levels) 1=FATAL messages will be lo gged 2= FATAL+ERROR messages will be logged 3=FATAL+ERROR+ WARNING messages will be logged 4=FATAL+ERROR+WARNING+User Information messages will be logged
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --log-level=0`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu /log-level=1` or `dsu --log-level=1`
Enabling updates of the remote systems
Description	To enable the compatibility of the remote system with the host system. NOTE: Remote option mentioned in the command line prompt will take precedence over the config file options. NOTE: For the usage of remote option actual root account only can be used. Sudo users cannot be used. The remote system must have default PermitRootLogin pre-enabled in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --remote`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu /remote or --remote`
To provide the credentials of the remote system
Description	To enable the remote system with the credentials provided along with the hostname. Multiple remote destinations can be configured using the input config file.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --remote=<credentials@hostname>`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu /remote-<Domain\credentials@hostname> or--remote=<Domain\credentials@hostname>`
To push updates to the remote system
Description	To push the required updates to the remote system.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --push-remote-updates`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu /push-remote-updates or --push-remote-updates`
DSU installer file location
Description	To install or update the DSU on remote systems which is required for remote updating. NOTE: If this option is not provided, then the DSU installer file present in the catalog will be used. NOTE: The DSU version should be same version as the local system.
Command Syntax for Linux	`--dsu-lin64-installer-location`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`/dsu-win64-installer-location or --dsu-win64-installer-location`
To restart the system automatically
Description	To restart the system for updates to take effect.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --reboot`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`dsu --reboot` or `/dsu -reboot`
To ignore the optional dependency
Description	To ignore the optional dependency while performing updates of the system.
Command Syntax for Linux	`dsu --ignore-optional-dependencies`
Command Syntax for Microsoft Windows	`--ignore-optional-dependencies` or `/dsu --ignore-optional-dependencies`