{"id":2254,"date":"2010-05-07T07:41:39","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T21:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2010-05-07T07:41:39","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T21:41:39","slug":"cumulative-patch-clusters-come-in-from-the-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2010\/05\/07\/cumulative-patch-clusters-come-in-from-the-cold\/","title":{"rendered":"Cumulative patch clusters come in from the cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s long been discussion \u2013 particularly between support partners and EMC \u2013 about the rather cloak-and-dagger way that cumulative patch clusters have been made available for downloads. Or <em>not<\/em> made available, as the case may be. Recently though, that&#8217;s changed.<\/p>\n<p>Cumulative patch clusters, if you&#8217;re not aware, are collections of patches to individual releases that effectively form a sub release. So considering NetWorker 7.5 SP1, otherwise known as NetWorker 7.5.1, we have cumulative patch clusters that effectively form NetWorker 7.5.1.1, NetWorker 7.5.1.2, etc.<\/p>\n<p>There are typically two types of cumulative patch clusters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Just the patches \u2013 i.e., the individual binaries that have been updated;<\/li>\n<li>Entire new installers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Personally, I prefer the second option, even though it means a little more downloading \u2013 but others may prefer the individual binaries.<\/p>\n<p>On the <a title=\"NetWorker Product Support page at EMC\" href=\"https:\/\/support.emc.com\/products\/NetWorker\" target=\"_blank\">NetWorker Support page at EMC<\/a>, you&#8217;ll now find Cumulative Patch (aka Fix) Downloads available:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cumulative.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2255\" title=\"Cumulative patch builds\" src=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cumulative.jpg\" alt=\"Cumulative patch builds\" width=\"1015\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cumulative.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cumulative-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cumulative-500x188.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, I wouldn&#8217;t recommend that this should be considered open slather to just go and install every new cumulative patch cluster as it comes out \u2013 instead, I&#8217;d strongly advocate using the public availability of these builds to closely review the fix notes in each release and see if any of those fixes happen to match issues you&#8217;ve been experiencing but either (a) haven&#8217;t got around to logging a case about or (b) haven&#8217;t been able to resolve.<\/p>\n<p>If they do, it would probably warrant 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