StarWind Software

Is it ok to run yum or windows updates on VSAN installs? For some reason I thought you should not run yum update but only use the starwind update script but I have found that it only updates starwind and not the OS.

Windows updates are OK. yum is not quite ok (better not to do that) because /boot can be filled.

You can run 'yum update,' but do so with caution. The StarWind script only updates VSAN, not the OS. Always test updates first if possible, especially kernel or network-related ones, and update one node at a time in clusters. For Windows, the same rule — manual updates with planned reboots.

You SHOULD NOT run yum update because /boot can be filled. Use the updater.
For CentOS7 CVM, go for offline update procedure.