1. Updating and Servicing Microsoft Azure Stack
Justin Incarnato
Program Manager, Microsoft Azure
@justininc
aka.ms/azurestackupdate

2. “If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you don't understand it.” -Richard Feynman

3. Agenda
Hello and thank you for attending Problem space What we built Managing updates Looking ahead, more information Show me
P&U, Windows Server asks, OEM partner relationship

4. 9/18/2018 8:06 PM
Problem space
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*Security is paramount Keeping it functional, adding functionality (Azure umbilical) What to install, how to install Where to download, what to download Who to call if there is a problem Ensuring business continuity for applications and services One package, one signature *Focus on other aspects of the business
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6. What we built Update resource provider (URP) “Umbilical to Azure”
9/18/2018 8:06 PM
What we built Update resource provider (URP) “Umbilical to Azure”
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It’s and extension of Azure, except: *Updating, monitoring, backup/recover, field replacement units (FRU), extensions into your datacenter Built-in, dependency-aware orchestration engine updates physical hosts, infrastructure VMs, Service Fabric & microservice applications, control plane No outside tooling or integration required Supports disconnected mode Operators determine maintenance windows & update installation time
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Microsoft managed software updates driven by Update resource provider, signed by Microsoft Cloud health checks, invoke maintenance mode, live migration, storage rebalance and VD health, evacuate maintenance mode -How long varies = payload + workload OEM managed driver updates driven by Update resource provider, signed by Microsoft Firmware updates managed by the OEM Hardware Lifecycle host (HLH) Does not manage/update switches or non-foundational RPs P0: Minimal disruption to tenant workloads P1: Minimal disruption to admin functions
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9. Managing updates 9/18/2018 8:06 PM
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Download and import update packages (OEM notification, Microsoft notification) Review important properties (publisher, name, state, size, prerequisites, support URL) Talk to your customers & set appropriate maintenance window (payload, workloads) Install and monitor update progress Rinse, wash, repeat Note: There is a three month deferral policy, extends “sequential” maintenance. See the Azure Stack servicing policy here
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11. Monitor updates in Azure Stack using the privileged endpoint
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Monitor updates in Azure Stack using the privileged endpoint
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12. Azure Stack Infrastructure Administration
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Azure Stack Infrastructure Administration
Get-AzsUpdateLocation
Retrieves Region Update Summary
Get-AzsUpdate
List Azure Stack Updates
Install-AzsUpdate -Update “Update Version”
Applies specified Update
Get-AzsUpdateRun -Update “Update Version”
Lists Update Run information for a specific Azure Stack update
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13. D = Defender updates (offline v online) *important to call this out
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D = Defender updates (offline v online) *important to call this out
LCU = Windows Server updates (Latest Cumulative Update)
N = Azure Stack updates (Nuget packages)
SSU = Servicing Stack Updates (agent)
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14. Download full logs 9/18/2018 8:06 PM
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> # Get contents and parse JSON
$json = Get-Content C:\users\justini\Desktop\Updatelogs_ f-0f78-4b3f a202.json | ConvertFrom-Json
# Get top-level steps
$json.properties.progress.steps.steps
name : PreUpdate Cloud
description : Copy packages to NugetStore.
errorMessage :
status : Success
startTimeUtc : T06:30:32.471Z
endTimeUtc : T06:43:20.758Z
steps : {}
name : Update SeedRing SF Runtime
description : Update SeedRing SF Runtime.
startTimeUtc : T06:43:20.773Z
endTimeUtc : T06:43:46.686Z
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Metadata.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<UpdatePackageManifest>
<UpdateInfo>
<UpdateName>MAS </UpdateName>
<Version> </Version>
<PackageSizeInMb>1978</PackageSizeInMb>
<Description>MAS Update </Description>
<KBLink>
<MinVersionRequired> </MinVersionRequired>
</UpdateInfo>
</UpdatePackageManifest>
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16. Azure Stack 1712 update (72 hour scenario)

17. Azure Stack YYMMDD.B# updates
1802 doc ready on 27-Feb (4th Tuesday)
1710:
1711:
1712:
1801: N/A
1802: nn.n

18. Full hotfix 1802+

19. Looking ahead, more information
9/18/2018 8:06 PM
Looking ahead, more information
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20. 9/18/2018 8:06 PM
Monthly security payload & feature updates (1802, 1803, 1804, etc.) B’s roll into D’s + Ours + Def Collected telemetry for runtime estimates
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21. 9/18/2018 8:06 PM
Reliability improvements, mitigations, health checks, front-loading Fix-forward known issues More info/downloads:
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22. Show me Console

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26. Future/feature asks Considerations for scheduling/automatic mode
Prototype UI
Considerations for cumulative updates
What else?

27. Region management
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29. Thank you for your time today Thanks Pete and Lauren for the invite Q&A justini@microsoft.com