Roel, Permission, Privileg for VMware Update Manager
For Security reason will need to create a new role for the VMware Update Manager.At the moment we have an active directory account, which got the admistration role in VC.The administration role has to...
View ArticleUnable to install ESX410-201204401-SG patch on ESX 4.1 Host !
Hi, Upgrade of the latest patches (dated 26/4) failed. From Update Manager, the message isRemediate entity ESXHost.mycompany.comThe host returns esxupdate error code:15. The package manager...
View ArticlePatches ESXi 5.0
Hi All I installed Update manager. I wan to customize the downloading patches. Because we are using the esxi 5.0 and my update manger is downloding the patches for esx 3.0 4.0 also. I just want to...
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 ArticleStand Alone Update Manager Possible??
Hi all,My question is pretty simple, is it possible to create a stand alone update manager. Another words I do not want to have a second VC but I want to have two Update managers one in the USA and one...
View Articleupdate vmtools and virtual hardware in one baseline group?
Hi, the documentation on this is very scant, I'm wondeing if anyone has pounded on this and gotten it figured out? When I create a baseline group and include vmtools upgrade and also vm hardware...
View Article32-bit DSN doesn't show for vUM install
Trying to install vUM on a (virtual) Server - W2k8r1 sp1separate from the vCenter 5.0 server. I have more than 5 hosts and 50 guests (no local sql express) Used odbcad32.exe to create System DSN using...
View ArticleHow to update single ESX 4 host with virtual vCenter server?
Hi all, I have a remote ESX 4 server (4.1.0 433742) which I need to update. This ESX box has a virtual vCenter server running on it which is then linked back to the main vCenter server. My question is;...
View ArticleShutdown instead of power off VM before maintanace
Is there an option to initiate a VM shutdown to all VM's before update manager puts the host in maintanance mode ? In the wizard i only see the option to suspend or power off. I would like the servers...
View ArticleNot seeing all VM's in Update Manager
Under VMs and Templates, if I select the World object/Datacenter and select the Update Manager tab -> Scan, it shows "All Applicable VMs/VAs totalling 317. We have over a thousand VM's in this...
View ArticleUse Update Manager to Install vShield Driver?
We are doing a vShield rollout and need to put the vShield Endpoint driver on the virtual hosts. Is there a way I can use Update Manager to do this as part of its VMWare Tools Baseline or a new...
View ArticleDeleting Patches from Patch Repository
When I first installed Update Manager I left the default settings to download all patches. Is there a way to delete the existing patches and then re-download what I really want? TIATroy
View ArticleVUM Install failed
I have installed vSphere 4 vCenter but failed to install update manager . The error described "Error 25113: Setup Failed to generate JRE SSL Key" How can i fix this problem ?
View ArticleDownload Errors in VUM
Hi, I have the UMDS running on one server. WIn 2008 R2This is consigured to download ESXi 5 and Appliance updates.This exports the updates to a directory which is shared via HTTP (IIS 7)VUM is...
View ArticleESXi 5 vshpere update manager has an unknown error
When using update manager and running a scan this error is thrown. I'm not sure which log file to look at or where it is located at. Is this a common error? I also cannot stage any baselines. I can...
View ArticleVMware Update Manager 5 with Dell Customised ESXi 5.0 Build
Hi People, If I try to apply any ESXi 5.0 updates to a ESXi server built with Dell Customized ESXi-5.0.0. RTM Standard I get the following error when remediating:...
View ArticleUpdate Manager plugin on V4.0 - unable to connect to remote server
We are using virtual centre 4.0.0, 385281. We have update manager installed. Its on the same server as virtual centre, and its dbase on the same remote sql server as virtual centre dbase. On my VI...
View ArticleManually updating VUM packages?
Hey folks,I have a few ESXi 5 servers running in an isolated network that has no network access to the internet.I have a vCenter server with VUM installed to mange my ESXi cluster.Is there a way for me...
View Articleupdate guest os
All-I am trying to find a good update management solution for my environment. The environment is over 95% virtualized, and I am hoping to find a solution that will "push" updates to hosts and guest vms...
View ArticleUpdate Manager v. 4.1.0.6589 fails to scan single hosts, clusters etc..
This is annoying the heck out of me.. If anyone knows the fix.. Please dont hesitate to point it out! Thanks! Here's the rundown.. Server 2008 x64 SP2 vCenter server (vCenter v. 4.1.0.14766) ESXi 4.1...
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