Description of Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1

Components that are fixed in this update rollup

App Controller

There are no updates to this component in this update rollup.

Data Protection Manager (KB 2958098)

There are six Data Protection Manager (DPM) issues fixed in Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 SP1. See the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base for details about these fixes and installation instructions:


An update package is available from Microsoft Update. Please see the "How to download and install System Center 2012 SP1 Update Rollup 6" section for information about how to obtain the package from Microsoft Update or how to download the package manually.

Operations Manager (KB 2929885)

There are five Operations Manager issues fixed in Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 SP1. See the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article for details about these fixes and installation instructions:


An update package is available from Microsoft Update. Please see the "How to download and install System Center 2012 SP1 Update Rollup 6" section for information about how to obtain the package from Microsoft Update or how to download the package manually.

Operations Manager - UNIX and Linux Monitoring (Management Pack Update)

There is one Operations Manager - UNIX and Linux Monitoring Management Pack issue fixed in Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 SP1. See the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article for detailed information about these fixes and installation instructions:


An update package is available from Microsoft Update. Please see the "How to download and install System Center 2012 SP1 Update Rollup 6" section for information about how to obtain the package from Microsoft Update or how to download the package manually.

Orchestrator

There are no updates to this component in this update rollup.

Service Manager (KB 2904726)

There are 35 Service Manager issues fixed in Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 SP1. See the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article for details about these fixes and installation instructions:


An update package is available. Please see the "How to download and install System Center 2012 SP1 Update Rollup 6" section for information about how to obtain and install the package manually.

Service Provider Foundation

There are no updates to this component in this update rollup.

Virtual Machine Manager (KB 2932860)

There are two Virtual Machine Manager Server issues fixed in Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 SP1. See the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article for details about these fixes and installation instructions:


An update package is available from Microsoft Update. See the "How to download and install System Center 2012 SP1 Update Rollup 6" section for information about how to obtain the package from Microsoft Update or how to download the package manually.

How to download and install Update Rollup 6 for System Center 2012 SP1

See the individual component articles to obtain specific installation instructions before you install a component.

Note The UNIX and Linux Monitoring Pack update for Operations Manager is available from the Microsoft Download Center.

Microsoft Update

Update packages for App Controller, Data Protection Manager, Operations Manager, Service Provider Foundation, and Virtual Machine Manager are available from Microsoft Update.

• To obtain and install an update package from Microsoft Update, follow these steps on a computer that has an applicable System Center 2012 R2 component installed:
  1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
  2. In Control Panel, double-click Windows Update.
  3. In the Windows Update window, click Check Online for updates from Microsoft Update.
  4. Click Important updates are available.
  5. Select the Update Rollup 6 package, and then click OK.
  6. Click Install updates to install the update package.
     
• To manually download the update packages from the Microsoft Update Catalog, go to one of the following download sites, as appropriate:
  
  Data Protection Manager (KB2958098)
  Download the Data Protection Manager package now.
  Operations Manager (KB2904680)
  Download the Operations Manager package now.
  Service Manager (KB 2904726)
  Download the Service Manager package now.
  Virtual Machine Manager (KB2932860 – VMM Server)
  
  
  Download the Virtual Machine Manager Console package now. 
  
  
  To manually install the update packages, run the following command at an elevated command prompt:

  msiexec.exe /update packagename 

  For example, to install the Virtual Machine Manager Server Update (KB 2904727), run the following command:

  msiexec.exe /update KB2904727-amd64-Server.msp