KB5041054 Install on Server 2022 Failed, Repair Not Possible

On June 21, I told N-able Patch Management to install the out-of-band KB5041054 on a Server 2022 Hyper-V host. Here’s the Microsoft details on that patch: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/june-20-2024-kb5041054-os-build-20348-2529-out-of-band-b746ffbd-934e-42ac-9c66-ed0636edf7f1

Unbox a ROK

Windows Server 2022 Essentials is sold only as a Reseller Option Kit (ROK). While I understand that this is a kind of vendor-specific OEM product, I wasn’t sure what to …