Best practice on applying patches
Normally used to update standalone ESX's with esxcli and cummulative patches from VMware. What is best practice when using Update manager? vCenter is 6.5.a and hosts are running ESXi 6.5.0 Build...
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Update Manager Missing
I have installed Update Manager on the same server as my VCenter server. Seems to have installed fine. Service is running. Problem is when I log into web client, it is not under Monitoring. Plug-in...
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Update Manager Snapshots of Domain Controllers
Hi All, It is my understanding that domain controllers should not be snapshotted. It looks like Update Manager, but default snapshots a VM before remediation. Am I correct in assuming that I should...
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DO NOT load update 6u3a
For the love of all that his Holy. DO NOT LOAD PATCH 6.0U3A! Unless of course you want your vcenter to stop working.I spent 3 days on the phone with Tech support and i have yet to figure out what they...
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Dell PowerEdge R715 - ESXi 6.5 Upgrade Incompatible
Hi Guys, I'm trying to upgrade ESXi 6.0 to ESXi 6.5 on Dell R715 using Dell Customized image, but it showing Incompatible as there's conflicting VIBs which I'd need to remove first. The upgrade...
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Update ESXi 5.5 hosts automatically
I have ESXi 5.5 hosts that I would like to update with update manager using the schedule feature. The issue I have is that we have appliances that run on every host (Trend & Zerto) that are not...
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host returns esxupdate error codes: 30
Hi,I'm trying to patch an ESXi host with my Array Multi-pathing software via VUM on VCSA 6.5I'm getting this error message The host returns esxupdate error codes: 30. Check the Update Manager log...
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Vmware 6 & Update Manager
Hi all,I just deployed Update Manager for my Vmware 6 Vcenter server (build 2776510), enabled Update Manager client plug-in, but I still have no Stage or Remediate button in the right mouse button...
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esxi 5.5 upgrade from 5.1 iso on vcenter 6.0/vum 6.0 issue
I am uploading an esxi 5.5 iso image into a vcenter 6.0/vum 6.0 environ,ent but getting an error failed to import data the uploaded upgrade package cannot be used with vmware vsphere update manager...
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Vendor Customized ESXi Image and critical patching
Hello. I would like some advice and guidance on the scenario below... Scenario:ESXi Vendor Customized Image installed on hostsUpdates to this customized image are released by the vendor on approx a 6...
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'UserVars.PXEBootEnabled' is invalid or exceeds the maximum number of...
While trying to scan a host (ESXi 6.0.0 Update 3 build-5050593) I got a rather cryptic failure message in vCenter (Version 6.0.0 Build 3617395): Scan entity <name of ESXi host> VMware vSphere...
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VIM Patch/JRE update not in Update Manager - is this normal?
Hi All, I am using Update Manager. There is a patch released on 7-27 for JRE update -VMware-VIMPatch-T-6.5.0-5973321.isoDownload Size:40.9 MBJRE 1.8.0_131 patch for vCenter Server 6.5. For more...
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VMware - Update Manager Not Showing Up In vCenter or vSphere Client
I setup a VM with VMware Update Manager from the 5.5 U3 vCenter download. I'm running vCenter (Applicance) 5.5.0 build 4180647 (which should be vCenter 5.5 U3e). I've tried installing the plug-in in...
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Updates VIB vs Update Manager
I found out something recently which I find peculiar. Update manager is slow. I am not talking about click click click, select, click click , then hit remediate vs a copy / paste command in shell...
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Running latest Dell Customised 5.5 build but Update Manager saying missing...
Hi, I have just updated all my hosts to ESXi 5.5 5230635 using the Dell Customized ISO but when I do a Update Manager scan it says I am missing patches Ain't ISO upgrades cumulative and include all...
View ArticleNumber of UM instances per UM service?
I have Vcenter 4.1 running Update Manager currently. I also have a Vcenter Appliance running ESX1 5.5. Is it possible to connect the ESXi environment to the current Update Manager instance in use?...
View ArticlevSphere Update Manager and vCenter Server Appliance 5.5
Hi vSphere Community, Can you run vSphere Update Manager (installed on Windows Server, with a separate MS SQL Server instance) when your vCenter Server is the vCenter Server Appliance? Thanks in...
View ArticleRunning 5.5 U2e and VUM will no longer download software packages from patch...
We had a vSphere 5.5 cluster configured for us by a 3rd-party through Dell as part of our purchase agreement. We are running vCenter Server 5.5 U2e on Windows 2012 R2 as a physical host. It does run...
View ArticleVUM6 fails to update ESXi 5.5 host to 6.0.
Host is Dell PE R610 with all peripherals on the HCL. Any ideas? VUM throws a generic error. VUM was upgraded from 5.5 to 6.0 after vCenter was. Would like to get hosts done this weekend.
View ArticleAllowing Update Manager to reach vmware
Hi all, I have a vCenter 5.5 Update Manager which is unable to reach vmware.comOn the firewall we have allow the traffic to the below on port 80 & 443. So far we don't see any traffic blocked,...
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