Installation experiences with OpsMgr R2 Cross Platform Update

The OpsMgr R2 Cross Platform Update about which I blogged about earlier must be handled like any other OpsMgr Software Update/Hotfix. This is the deal:

• RTFM
  I know, until you run the msi-file, there isn’t a document to be found. As a service I have uploaded the information which is shown when the msi-file is being run. The document (docx format) can be downloaded from here.
  
  
• Windows 2008
  Run the update from an elevated cmd-prompt, other wise it won’t run even though it will report to have run successfully.
  
  
• Patience
  It is a rather bulky update so be patient while running it. All the screens being shown during the setup are needed. I say this since with other updates people complained about why having to run the msi-file containing the update and only found to be presented with a screen showing the option to run the update.
  
  Why not skip that and run the update straight off? Kevin Holman has already blogged about it so I will repeat him here:
  
  Screen taken from Kevin Holman’s blog posting about Hotfixes.

Results:

• Taken from the document describing this update:
  
  
  
• The UnixAgents folder get’s updated:
  
  
  
• A new MP for SLES is added: