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23.3 Determining If Newer Dell Package Updates
Are Available for PowerEdge Servers
After you run a mirror session and obtain updated Dell Update Packages, it is easy to determine if a
newer Dell Update Package is available for installation on Dell PowerEdge servers in your
ZENworks system.
1 In the ZENworks Control Center, click the Devices tab, then click Servers .
A icon in the Updates column indicates whether there is a Dell Update Package bundle
available in the ZENworks package repository for each Dell PowerEdge server in the list. An
update are available in the following situations:
Š If a Dell Update Package exists in the ZENworks package repository but it is not assigned
to that specific server model.
Š If a specific Dell Update Package is already assigned to the device, but an updated
package has been mirrored and is available in the ZENworks package repository.
2 Click the icon to view the name of the Dell Update Package bundle appropriate for the
device.
3 If the appropriate Dell Update Package bundle is not yet assigned to the device, continue with
Section 23.2, “Assigning Dell Update Package Bundles,” on page 283 .
or
If the appropriate Dell Update Package bundle is already assigned to the device, continue with
Section 23.4, “Deploying an Updated Version of a Dell Update Package Bundle,” on page 287 .
23.4 Deploying an Updated Version of a Dell
Update Package Bundle
You can have multiple versions of the same Dell Update Package bundle, although only one version
of a bundle can be deployed at any given time. If you perform a mirror session and obtain an update
for a Dell Update Package, the Dell Update Package bundle’s version number increments; however,
the mirroring process does not automatically deploy the updated version of the bundle.
Only one version of a bundle can be deployed at any given time. For example, suppose a bundle has
multiple versions: 1, 2, and 3. If version 2 is currently deployed, all associated devices have version
2 of the bundle deployed. If you receive an update to this package via mirroring, a link on the
Devices > Servers page in the ZENworks Control Center indicates that an update is available (as
described in Section 23.3, “Determining If Newer Dell Package Updates Are Available for
PowerEdge Servers,” on page 287 ). To update the bundle on devices, you must make version 3 the
deployed version; all devices with version 2 deployed and still associated to that bundle will be
automatically upgraded to version 3.