VMware Update Manager dont want to start
Hi, everyone. I need some help with Update Manager 4.1.For several months he worked just fine, but one day he had crashed and now dont want to start. In windows event log i got this error: The VMware...
View ArticleVMware update manager service getting restarted with Event ID 7031
Hi, Everyday at time of VMware update manager patch download schedule the VMware update manager service getting restarted with Event ID 7031. Logs: VMware logs:=========info 12/22/2012 11:15:45...
View ArticleVUM after 5.0 Update 2 is not working
We just updated vCenter from 5.0 to 5.0 Update 2. Smooth. I uninstalled VUM (running on a different server) and reinstalled it. Now, when I launch a client, I get a message saying "There was an error...
View ArticleVMware Update Manager baseline setting
Hi All,I just installed 2 new ESXi 5.1 host and VCenter 5.1 as well as update manager.How can I tell Update manager only download patch, extension for ESXi5.1 not for older version?At the moment, when...
View ArticleNot able upload esx update-from-esx 4.0 to update 04.zip file in VUM
Hi folks, Today i planned to upgrade my esx 4 to esx update 4.0. i have downloaded correct zip file from vmware website. when i try to upload zip file to vcenter 4.1 update manager i am getting error...
View ArticlePatch ESXi hosts with VCSA 5.1
Hello,I am using the VCSA 5.1 in our environment with a mixture of standard and enterprise plus ESXi 5.1 hosts. My question is what are my options to be able to patch (apply security updates and minor...
View ArticleUpdate Manager Sending EMails
Is there a way to make Update manager or Vcenter to send and email when a Host or a Virtual machine is found as Non-Compliant?
View ArticleVUM 5.1 ESXi iso upload fails "upgrade package is not of the expected type"
Hi, I have upgraded to vCenter and VUM 5.1. I am looking to use VUM to upgrade all of my hosts, but when I try to upload the ESXi 5.1 ISO image i get an error saying "Failed to import data The uploaded...
View ArticleUpdate Manager issues
Can't get updates to stage or remediate on a host... google searching a few things didn't get any results so hopefully someone here can shine some light on my issue. here's the esxuplate.log on the...
View ArticleUpdate to 5u1 fails because of SQL Express installation
Hi,i'm currently running the Update Manager 5 with SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1. The upgrade program tries to install the Express version, but of course fails - so the whole upgrade fails. Is it possible to...
View ArticleUpdate-Manager Error when upgrading ESXi 5 host to ESXi 5.1
Hello,I have problem when updating my ESXi 5.0 hosts to version 5.1 (Essential Plus) via Update Manager.After import the ESXi image and the image associated with the baseline i get the following error...
View ArticleResolved: UMDS 5.1 not downloading N1000v vibs
When I do a defaults clean install of UMDS 5.1 on a VM, and try to run -D (download) and then -E (export), the process fails with this error: [2012-10-10 19:33:05:041 'HostUpdate20Downloader' 1492...
View ArticleUsing VUM for third party firmware updates?
Is it possible to update third party firmware updates through VUM? The update is a *.zip but the firmware update is a *.bin (binary file). Is this doable? Thanks in advance for the help. Reez
View ArticleUpdate Manager Question (v. 4.1)
I know, I know... I ask a million questions on these forums. But! - in my defense, I walked into an environment that has no documentation, no resources and no one with any real knowledge of what's...
View ArticlevCenter Update Manager - remove imported patch
Hi, I've imported a few offline bundles into update manager, but i would like to remove one of them, anyone knows how to do it?
View ArticleVUM download page
Where can I download VMware vSphere Update Manager? I've checked vSphere 5.1 download page https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/5_1 but no VUM there.
View ArticleUpdate Manager - never reboots host
We are using Update Manager (on vcenter 5.1). We have a host that has a fresh install of esxi 5.1 (799733). Using Update Manager and applying the Critical Host Patches baseline tells me there are 111...
View ArticleVUM 5.1 - high level over-view of vmtools and hardware updates?
Hi - I'm hoping someone who has already had to go through the docs, can give me a quick and dirty of what the new options are for getting vms updated: I see that there are 2 predefined baselines - one...
View ArticleESXi5 patch 4
On esxi5 and using update manager, what patch do you need for patch4, as i need to patch all my esxi5 servers to patch4, but cant see it on update manager. Is it under a different name. Any ideas
View ArticleFailed to import Data VUM 5.1
I try import ESX 5.0.0 u2 ISO-Image in VUM 5.1 .... the process end with failure -> "Failed to import data"The ESX 5.1 Image was imported without Problem .... in the vCenter working ESX4.0 Build...
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