Bit of an odd one this, but I felt worth blogging about.
The latest Dell SUU (6.5.3.25) doesn’t seem to be able to detect applicable updates when it’s run on a Linux system.
You get the message:
1 "bash-3.2# ./suu -c
1234 ------------------------------------------------Welcome to the Dell OpenManageServer Update Utility.Copyright (c) 2003-2011 Dell Inc. All Rights Reserved.SUU Version: 6 .5 .3 .25
123 <span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>There are no software updates applicable to this system.</strong></span>Please refer to the User Guide for more information aboutprerequisites and supported systems."
Now, I know this isn’t true; because the current BIOS version is 3.0.0 and the one in the SUU repository is 6.0.7. Also, normally you get a comparison list of results, even if none of the updates can be applied.
If I downgrade SUU to 6.5.2.20, it works as expected.
How do we fix this?
If you want to replace SUU 6.5.3 with a working SUU 6.5.2 you’ll need to:
- Download SUU 6.5.2
- Delete SUU_653.cab from C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\RepositoryManager\Payloads\
- Copy the SUU_652.cab that you just downloaded into C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\RepositoryManager\Payloads\
- Re-export your repository/SUU via Dell Repository Manager
Let me know how you get on!
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