Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server: Managing and Monitoring the Solution Infrastructure Life Cycle Operations Guide
- Introduction
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- Introduction
- Azure onboarding for Azure Stack HCI OS
- Licensing for Azure Stack HCI for Windows Server 2016 and 2019
- Creating virtual disks
- Managing and Monitoring Azure Stack HCI Cluster using Windows Admin Center
- Installing Windows Admin Center
- Adding the HCI cluster connection
- Accessing the HCI cluster
- Viewing server details
- Viewing drive details
- Managing and monitoring volumes
- Enabling data deduplication on Storage Spaces Direct
- Monitoring and managing VMs
- Managing virtual switches
- Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center
- Firmware updates using Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center for System Center Virtual Machine Manager
- Firmware and driver updates using the manual method
- Expanding the Azure Stack HCI cluster
- Extending volumes
- Performing AX node recovery
- Operating system recovery
Figure 18. Cluster Aware Update
When the update job is completed, the compliance job is triggered automatically.
Full Stack Cluster-Aware Updating for Azure Stack HCI clusters using the
OpenManage Integration snap-in
About this task
Windows Admin Center with the Dell EMC extension makes it easy to update an Azure Stack HCI cluster using the cluster aware
update feature. The feature updates the operating system as well as Dell EMC-qualified firmware and drivers. Once an update is
selected, all the updates will be installed on the cluster nodes. A single reboot is required to install operating system, firmware,
and driver updates per server.
NOTE:
Full Stack Cluster-Aware Updating is only available on Azure Stack HCI clusters built using the Azure Stack HCI
operating system.
NOTE: Full Stack Cluster-Aware Updating is a license feature. Ensure that the Azure Stack HCI license is installed before
proceeding.
To perform both operating system and hardware updates on Azure Stack HCI cluster nodes, carry out the following steps:
Steps
1. In Windows Admin Center, select Updates from the Tools menu.
You must enable CredSSP and provide explicit credentials. When asked if CredSSP should be enabled, click Yes.
The Updates page is displayed.
2. For an operating system update, see Microsoft's Azure Stack HCI documentation.
3. On the Install updates page, review the operating system updates and select Next: Hardware updates.
4. If the Dell EMC OpenManage Integration extension is not installed, click Install to accept the license terms and install the
extension. If you have already installed the OpenManage Integration extension version 2.0, click Get updates to move to the
Hardware updates page.
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