I grew impatient waiting on SAP and removed the service start step from PreComponentDeployModule.xml myself.
SUM completed, and now I am continuing with my config. All seams well and I have multiple check point backups. This a sandbox system with the primary purpose of updating IDES EHP7. The risk of deleting the step was low. I will likely reapply the official fix and config when SAP release the fix I can use the practice.