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No VUM in vCenter 6.5
Hi, I have a newly installed vCenter 6.5 appliance but I can't find VUM anywhere. The "VMware vSphere Update Manager" service is running and in good health. I can't find anything with Update Manager in...
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Easy way to update host with vCenter on it?
Hi, I have two ESXi 6.5 hosts.Host-1 - Dell PowerEdge T620Host-2 - Dell PowerEdge T440 vCenter 6.5 appliance is on Host-2 for the moment, but to be able to use VUM to upgrade the host, the host must be...
View ArticleUpdate Manager requirements
We recently migrated from a Vcenter 5.5 Windows server to the 6.0 VCSA. On the windows server Update Manager was using a local copy of full installation of MS SQL. I am preparing to install Update...
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vCenter UI becomes unresponsive
Hi All, On a newly installed vSAN 6.7 cluster, i'm experiencing intermittent response from the vCenter UI. It would return after ~30-45 seconds, during the UI being unavailable pings are still...
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Unable to modify Update Manager Proxy settings in vCenter 6.7
Just upgraded our development vCenters from VCSA 6.5 U1g to 6.7 and I'm running into issues with VUM. While trying to add the latest HPE vibsdepot URLs, I noticed there doesn't appear to be a way to...
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VCSA 6.5 U2 Update Manager UI glitch
Hi guys,Basically I've upgraded our VCSA to 6.5 U2, and want to upgrade one of the hosts using Update Manager.Uploaded ESXi 6.5 U2 iso image, then wanted to check if there any conflicting VIBs.I know...
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Update Manager trying to install ESXI650-Update01 and ESXi650-Update02 when...
When I try to remediate, I receive this error:ESXupdate.log attached. Anyone seen this before??
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setting in vSphere 6.5u1 that allows to stop scanning of Virtual Appliances?
Recently we have migrated our vCenters to VCSA's 6.5u1 along with NSX 6.3.2 (vShield) after deploying the Guest Introspection getting a message in the tasks section is "cancel discovering virtual...
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update manager with no vmotion and local disk
Hi I have a 6.5 environment with 10 different hosts. All hosts use local storage and have only one VM on them, expect for one that has vcenter on it. If I use update manager to restart the host, will...
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Can Update Manager upgrade the ESXi host it's running in as a VM?
That's the question. Here's some background. We have been a completely virtualized environment for several years. 2 ESXi 5.5 hosts collocated at different data centers connected of course by a...
View ArticleRoadmap/future for patching VMware appliances
VUM 6.7 deprecates VMWare appliance patches - what is the VMware preferred solution for automated appliance patching?
View ArticleBaselines for 6.5U1
Hi, Since 6.5U2 still is not supported by all vendors yet, is there any way to determine if a patch (Except the 6.5 Update 2 Complete patch) will update the ESXi to 6.5 U2?I'm about to do an upgrade...
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VMware update manager - patches do not match ESXi Type
Hi,i am willing to upgrade my ESXi hosts with the newest security patches available (Version 6.0 Builds 5251623 and 6856897).i have a direct internet connection and i am trying to install the patches...
View ArticleUPdate manager embedded with VCSA 6.5 and UMDS
Hi, We have upgraded vCenter from 6 to 6.5 version and after upgrade when trading to download patches from External UMDS getting below error. Incompatible repository. Provide a repository from VMware...
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odbc database user password
any idea how I can find the password to my odbc connection to the vum database? I lost it and dont want to reset or change the password
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does DELL use HPE drivers ?
Hi, the last 10 years I only had HPE hardware now I have my first Dell (M630) server. I just installed the VMware 6.7 image provided by Dell. Now I want to update the server to the newest versions....
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vCSA 6.5 - What are my options for running standalone update manager
Hi Recently migrated from Windows / vCenter 6.0 to vCSA 6.5. The installation is not connected to the Internet. With 6.0, we used standalone Update Manager Download Service (UMDS). Can we continue to...
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Vsphere - major and minor version
Hello. I have a question about versions: what are major and minor versions?-ESXi 5.0, 6.0 are major versions?-ESXi 5.1, 5.5, 6.5, 6.7 are minor versions? I am confused about this.
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VCSA 6.7 Update Manager fails to download patch definitions when behind proxy
VCSA 6.7.0.14000 Build 9451876VMware Update Manager, Version = 6.7.0, Build = 9031744 When I test the proxy settings under 'Download Settings', it succeeds for www.microsoft.com, and fails for...
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Update Manager could not download virtual appliance upgrade metadata using...
Hello We have an error trying to download patch definitions when using a UMDS exported repository. We have a vSphere 6.5 U1 install that does not have Internet access. It consists of several ESXi...
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