VUM for vSphere 6 questions and best practise....
Hi AllQuestion on VUM for vSphere 6. Our environment is Windows Server 2008 R2 with vCentre 5.0 using SQL 2008 Standard - Live Server (configured with all hosts) with VUM install, VUM on a seperate...
View ArticleUpdate Manager - Error connecting to VMware vCenter Update Manager - Database...
I have uninstalled and reinstalled, I've triple checked that I can log on to the VCenter server using the Update Manager account that is DB Owner on the Update Manager database. I can connect to SQL...
View ArticleHow to work with UPM
I would need assistance in configuring userdefined taskschedules for downloading latest pathes and bug fixes using UPM. Kindly share the best work design procedure would be really appreciated. Thanks...
View ArticleForcing down a VA that won't shutdown on Maintenance Mode for Host update...
Morning All, This has been bugging me for some time, and the time has come to ask for assistance... Common scenario. Lots of ESX 5.5 hosts to update automagically. vCenter Update Manager is installed....
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Errors after change vmwareadm password
Hello guys, I´ve a noobie question.For some reason someone changed the password of my vmwareadm (used only on vcenter, I think...) and I cannot rollback it because I really don´t remember the last...
View ArticleInstalling VUM on Production vCenter Server
Hello, The person who set up vCenter prior to me taking it over, never installed VUM. I am wanting to install it to ensure my esxi hosts are patched and up to date, but was wanting to know if there was...
View ArticleVendor specific patches
We just implemented a Cisco UCS blade system. I have a question about patching them with update Manager.All our other hosts are HP. I download updates from their depot which automatically get put in...
View ArticleVMware vSphere Update Manager notification alert: (critical): 1(1)
How can I disable this alert? VMware vSphere Update Manager notification alert: (critical): 1(1) The number of notifications downloaded:Critical/Total notifications: 1/1 ID: ESXi550-201505101-BNImpact:...
View ArticleThere are conflicts from the patches
I get this err for 5.1 patches There are conflicts from the patches ESXi510-201304103-SG, ESXi510-Update01, ESXi510-Update02, ESXi510-Update03 selected for staging or remediation. Check the events for...
View ArticleUMDS Shared Repository with IIS Virtual Directory
Hi All, I have a question regarding UMDS I have a network which is not connected to the network and has a high number of virtual centers running on it. I'm going to build a server with IIS, create a...
View ArticleVUM 6.0 service monitoring causing [VMware vCenter - Alarm...
I am working with vCenter 6.0 in a TEST/LAB environment to mimic what I plan to do in production at some stage; I completed an in place upgrade from an existing 5.5 update 2 already running VUM on the...
View ArticlePatch Cisco Custom Image
Hi, I've installed a Cisco Custom ESXi 5.5 Image in a UCS C220 M3 and i would like to know if i can install the patches using Update Manager as i do with a default image. I'm not sure if i'll have any...
View ArticlePassword with or without special characters...?
Hi, Environment: VSphere ESXi 6.0 recently updated. I have just moved to the VCenter Server Appliance (from windows based VCenter server). The v6 VCenter Server Appliance version required me to use...
View ArticleUpdate Manager VCenter Web Client Plugin
I have Vcenter installed as an appliance and the update manager installed on a windows 2012 server. When I go to the web client for VCenter I cannot see the Web plugin for the Update Manager, how do I...
View ArticleConfigure update manager 5.5 to use a different version of MSXML for security...
Versions:vCenter 5.5Update Manager 5.5Esxi 5.5 Hello. It looks like update manager 5.5 uses C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msxml4.dll which is flagged as a critical vulnerability. We need to remediate to the...
View ArticleDisk Space is growing day by day in GBs of Drive D where VMware Update...
vCenter Server 6.0 disk space is growing automatically on daily basis in GBs. On which disk, vCneter Update Manager is installed. Size of this particular Drive is 50 GB in which only 4 GB data is...
View Articlecom.vmware.vcintegrity alert
Hi, i moved my vcenter 5.5 to a different server (2003 -> 2008r2) while upgrading from 5.1 caused by os incompatibility.everything works fine but the vcenter shows an com.vmware.vcintegrity alert....
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VMware vSphere Update Manager extension
Hello community!I have a VMware vSphere Update Manager 6 installed in my vSphere6 env.Update manager is working fine and updates hosts, but in WebClient in "System configuration" tab in services...
View ArticleRemove imported bnx2 driver
Hello, I imported a bnx2 driver into my Update Manager and now I want to remove it, but cannot figure out how. Any ideas?
View Articlerepoint update manager to vcenter 6
I need to upgrade vcenter 5.5 to vcenter 6 and point that to my new vcenter 6 do I do the upgrade on it first or what is the procedure to do this?
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