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iv. In the ClusterName – Cluster-Aware Updating dialog box, click the Log of Updates in
Progress tab to monitor what is happening.
Note: After Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) completes, you can click Generate a report on past Updating
Runs to view details about what was installed through CAU.
• If you have the VMM console open, and it reconnects, patching of the VMM server may be in
progress. This is expected behavior.
2. To monitor the progress, you can use the following methods:
• View the verbose output on the screen.
• View the P&U events in Event Viewer. You can find P&U events under Applications and
Services Logs -> PUEventLog -> Operational.
• View the temp folder to retrieve logs with more details. To determine the temp folder, run the
following command in Windows PowerShell:
[System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()
The temp folder path will be something similar to this:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\2\
If the temp folder path includes a numbered folder, such as 2, 3, or 4, you will need to go up one
folder level to the \Temp folder. If you browse in File Explorer, note that AppData is a hidden
folder. You can type the folder path to get to it, for example:
In the Temp folder, look for the file that is named PUProgressDetails.txt.
• View running jobs in the VMM console (in the Jobs workspace).
3. At the very end of the patching process, the Console VM will automatically restart (which closes the
Windows PowerShell session). To verify that P&U successfully completed, look for the following
event in Event Viewer (under Applications and Services Logs -> PUEventLog -> Operational) on
the Console VM. You can search for CompletePU.
Note: Some Patch and Update processes run post Console VM reboot. Once you log in, the Patch
and Update will run processes in the background and generate the event for a successful completion
after a few minutes. After the Console VM reboots and you log into the machine, please allow a few
minutes for the background processes to complete and run the next package.