How to Control Downloads?
We have a new 5.1 farm with a new vCenter 5.1. We installed the VUM and configured it per PDF we found off of VM's site. Strangely, the new VUM downloaded all updates starting from ESX 4.0, to...
View ArticleHow do you update the vCenter Server?
I have a VM in my vSphere environment running Windows Server 2008 R2 that has update manager installed on it and is my vCenter Server installation also. After scanning it with Update Manager, it...
View Articlemanually installing patches working but not showing up in patches repository
Dear community , I am trying to update my ESX1 5.1.0 build 799733 hosts with the list of patches below that I have freshly downloaded :...
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Update Manager - Hosts fails to open contents.xml.sig (Connection Refused)
Hello Everyone: This subject looks to be touched on quite a bit, but I am still unable to resolve an issue I am having with one of my hosts. When I attempt to remediate on one of my hosts it...
View ArticleCertificate issue on 1 client host with update manager 5.0
I am getting the following error on only one client machine when launching the vsphere client. there was an error connecting to vmware vsphere update manager - [myupdatemanager.local.com:443] the...
View ArticleUnable to download using vmware-umds
I have a number of ESXi 5.x hosts on an isolated network that requires me to use UMDS to download and export patches to enable Update Manager usage to said networks. I've been able to install UMDS on...
View ArticleCan I upgarde 5.0 to 5.1a?
HiIve gone through the release notes and just a little confused about the upgrade path . Hope someone can help me Can I upgrade from Vcenter 5.0 to 5.1a directly or do I have upgrade 5.0 to 5.1 and...
View ArticleVUM Database Sizing Estimator Sheet Password Protected
Hi I'm trying to extract the metrics from my VUM Database Sizing Estimator sheet to some documentation to show how i got to my DB values and notice the new 5.0 sizing estimator is password protected. I...
View Articlevsphere linked mode and update manager
I have 2 vcenters. one is on a primary site and the other is on a dr site. I have added the secondary site as linkd mode and now I can log into one vcenter and ee the other. On the primary site, I hav...
View ArticleWeb client Update Manager Tab
i loaded the web client. installed update manager on vcenter server (small # of VMs) i see the events that that update manager checked for downloads (attached)but I do not see the Update Manager tab...
View ArticleVUM certificate on port 9087 not replaced
Hello,I have replaced certificates for vCenter Server 4.1 u1 and Update Manager according to the instructions but anyway our security scanner shows me on port 9087 a certificate from VMware Inc.Any...
View ArticleSSL VUM
Hello, help please. I tried to change VUM (4.1) SSL certificate. Was guided by Replacing SSL certificates for VMware vCenter Update Manager by using the Update Manager Utility (1023011). But the...
View ArticleUpdate Manager Alarm actions
Hi,I've been looking into Alarms in vCenter and in particular what Update Manager brings to the table. The documentation refers to the following functionality: "Some notifications can trigger an alarm....
View ArticleVUM 5.1U1 Stuck Remediating 5.0 > 5.1 Upgrades
I will be opening a case, but I'm having an extremely annoying issue where the hosts now get stuck int he "Remediating" state despite the upgrade to 5.1 being completed. When this is happening, the...
View ArticleThe upgrade contains the following set of conflicting VIB's:...
8 Host Cluster (IBM HS23 Blades) ESXI 5.0 using Cisco Nexus 1000v.Attempting to upgrade to 5.1 using Update Manager.error: The upgrade contains the following set of conflicting VIB's:...
View ArticleUpdate Manager Service not starting on boot
My vCenter server has an issue in that the vSphere Update Manager service fails to start on boot, although it does start fine manually. Everything looks normal, and have just reinstalled (updated) all...
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"There was an error connecting to VMware vSphere Update Manager" - in...
vCenter Update Manager 5.1 U1a fresh installation. After replacing the default certs in vCenter with full certificates from an internal CA, I now receive the below error when attempting to view the...
View ArticleCan't able to see the downloaded Patches -Update Manager
Hi Experts, When i click Download now in the Patch Download setting, the Download patch definitions Task is runs for few second and show completed. I can able to see a huge list of patches in Patch...
View ArticleCannot Install Update Manager 5.1
I'm trying to upgrade my VUM from version 5 to 5.1 but i'm getting stuck at the point in the installer where you enter the credentials for the vCenter server, the installer hangs at this point and...
View ArticleStaging patches - why is 5.0.0 Update 2 being bypassed by BugFixes?
I'm attempting to bring some 5.0.0 U1 hosts up to U2. These hosts haven't been patched since June of 2012. I download new patch metadata, add all new ESXi5 patches to our baseline, and scan. Update...
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