AZ-104 Certification Notes

Chapter 9.7 - Managing Virtual Machine Updates

Describing Update Management

• Update Management
  • Manages system updates and patches for workloads both in the Azure cloud and on-premises
  • Supports Linux and Windows VMs
  • Provides capabilities for:
    • Scheduling
    • Compliance scanning
    • Reporting

Components of Update Management

• Automation Account
  • Hybrid Runbook Worker
    • Operating System
      • Log Analytics Agent
• Pre-Update Report
  • Configure Updates
    • Check Maintenance Windows
      • Start Updates
        • Update Report

Key Takeaways

• Automation Account
  • Service for managing update configurations for VMs
• Hybrid Runbook Worker
  • Runbook for updates and configurations that will be run
• Log Analytics Workspace
  • Storage for logging details about update management processes
• Log Analytics Agent
  • Agent installed on OS for spending back data to workspace log