diff --git a/deployments/automation/FOG Project.md b/deployments/automation/FOG Project.md
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@@ -42,4 +42,14 @@ If you want to deploy the FOG Project software in your homelab environment to re
           set-name: ens18
     ```
 
-    Apply the configuration safely and temporarily with `sudo netplan try` and if connectivity still works, accept the changes permanently by running `sudo netplan apply`. Otherwise, Netplan will roll back the changes automatically.
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+    Apply the configuration safely and temporarily with `sudo netplan try` and if connectivity still works, accept the changes permanently by running `sudo netplan apply`. Otherwise, Netplan will roll back the changes automatically.
+
+### Update the Host
+Before we take a checkpoint/snapshot and install FOG Project, we want to ensure that the GuestVM is fully updated.  After the updates are complete, shutdown the GuestVM, take a snapshot, and boot it back up.
+
+```sh
+sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove
+sudo poweroff
+<snapshot the GuestVM>
+<boot the GuestVM>
+```
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