Using a sconfig menu (Server Configuration from command prompt), you can update the servers one at a time. Customers who receive HCI OS 21H2 can update to 22H2 using this method so that a cluster can be created on 22H2 without having to upgrade after cluster creation.
- On the sconfig menu, select option 6 and update all quality updates.
- Once all quality updates are completed, go to Feature Updates on the sconfig menu and perform an OS upgrade from 21H2 to 22H2. After completing the OS upgrade, perform step 1 to install all the quality updates for 21H2 and 22H2. You may have to run this multiple times to get to the latest cumulative update.
- Use Windows Admin Center to update each node to the latest hardware support matrix. See Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI: End-to-End Deployment - Cluster Creation Using Windows Admin Center.
- When the operating system on all nodes is updated to the latest CU of 22H2, you may go to creating the cluster using PowerShell or Windows Admin Center.
Note: To get the operating system and latest hotfix versions, run the following commands:
Get-ComputerInfo | select OSDisplayVersion,WindowsProductName
get-hotfix