Pre-Checks & Dependencies
Use this guide to review recommended pre-checks and dependency-handling practices that help reduce service disruption during patching and keep systems in a consistent state.
Pre-Checks
Before Cloudaware installs patches, confirm:
- Sufficient disk space is available for package downloads and installation.
- Critical services are in a healthy state.
- Backups or snapshots exist for systems where rollback would otherwise be difficult.
Where possible, automate these checks as part of your patch jobs.
Dependencies and Ordering
- Be mindful of package dependencies that may require coordinated updates (for example, kernel and drivers).
- Patch cluster members one at a time and verify health between steps.
- Consider application‑level dependencies (databases, caches, message brokers) when planning rollout order.