Update Using VUM in a Small 2 Host Environment
I have a client who has two physical ESXi 5.5 physical hosts that need to be updated to "update 01" and patches that are after "update 01". VMware host 1 contains a vCenter Appliance and host 2...
View ArticleUpgrade ESXi host across the sites through UPDATE Manager
I have a 3 vcenter server across 3 sites in a linked mode on, so can i install update manager in one site and upgrade the ESXi servers (ESXi host) to another site (across the sites) ?? will that work...
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vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 can't "fully" connect to vSphere Update Manager 5.5
Hello all!I am having the following error after installing vSphere Update Manager 5.5 on a Windows Server 2008 R2, running Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise, with IP 10.105.80.144.I have a vCenter...
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Unable to find Auto Run in vSphere 5.5 ISO
Hi there, I am trying to begin documentation on how we shall proceed in our company to install VMware Update Manager (VUM) in order to install basically 1 driver and 1 piece of Firmware for our...
View ArticleRemediate a cluster
Let's say, I am remediating a DRS enabled cluster with a baseline of Host Patches. just wanted to know if update manager uses some algorithm to select a host in cluster to remediate one after the...
View ArticleCan I use a single update manager server to service multiple virtual centers?
I have several virtual centers (Prod, test, Dev, Etc). I would like to use our Prod Update Manager server to update hosts in all our VC's. Can I do this? Or, do I have to have an update manager...
View ArticleVMware vSphere Update Manager had an unknown error
Scan entity VMware vSphere Update Manager had an unknown error. Check the events and log files for details. any ideaS?
View ArticleBest practice for deploying VUM (physical / virtual installation)
Hi guys, One of my partners came to me with a question, what is the best scenario for deploying VUM? Physical or virtual installation.He wants to go for a physical installation as some people reported...
View ArticleDose VUM 5.5 support upgrade VM CentOS 6.4 to CentOS 6.5 ?
Hello, I installed VUM 5.5 on VCVA 5.5 and deployed a vApp consisting of a CentOS 5.10 VM and CentOS 6.4 VM. Then use VUM to upgrade this vApp to a new version which contains the CentOS 5.10 VM and...
View Articleupdate manager failing to download patches
any ideas? Download Patch Definitions Web sites: https://www.vmware.com/PatchManagementSystem/patchmanagementhosting the patch definitions and patches cannot be reached or hasno patch data. Check...
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Baselines + Baseline groups empty?
I was playing around a bit with the ESXi images tab and creating a new Upgrade baseline. Suddenly I noticed the screens went blank... Somehow when I look at the ESXi images tab you still see it's...
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 ArticleVUM 5.5
I just upgraded our vCenter 5.0 to 5.5. Now, as I upgrade our existing VUM to 5.5 I am faced with a message that indicates that I need dbo rights to the MSDE database. I approached out DBA's and...
View Articleupgraading 4.1 to 5.1 from update manager command line
I have uploaded a dell esxi 5.1 iso to update manager. I want to stage the install - install the update locally to speed up the process. how do i do a command line to do the upgrade?
View ArticleDownloading of Packages from Patch-Source failed
Hello, i have a Problem with VUM 5.5after i upgraded my ESXi 5.1 to 5.5 i want to patch them to the latest build...So now he won't download the packages, in the logfile (C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMWare...
View ArticleMoving VUM repository to a CIF share on an external NAS
Hi everyone, I have my new vCenter 5.5 system (latest as of today's date) running on a blade system with a mirrored set of 136GB drives. With Update Manager installed on the same box, I don't have a...
View ArticlevCenter connects to SQL Server fine with 64-bit DSN but won't connect with...
Created a 64-bit and 32-bit System DSN on vCenter server using SQL Server Native Client 11.0 and exact same settings pointing to database on a SQL Server 2012 box. The 64-bit DSN connects fine and the...
View ArticleCan 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 ArticleCannot Use VUM
Hello everyone, I've installed VUM with my vCenter (vSphere 4.1) for several months.Today, when I want to check some upgrade, I found that all frame of Update tab in vSphere Client is not working just...
View ArticleVUM Feature request allow me to upgrade to a lower ESXi version Please
If anyone knows where to submit a product feature request please let me know! I have a need to upgrade my ESXi hosts from 4.x to 5.5 which works splendidly with VUM. However some of my servers are not...
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