VUM 5.1 - high level over-view of vmtools and hardware updates?
Hi - I'm hoping someone who has already had to go through the docs, can give me a quick and dirty of what the new options are for getting vms updated: I see that there are 2 predefined baselines - one...
View ArticleESXi5 patch 4
On esxi5 and using update manager, what patch do you need for patch4, as i need to patch all my esxi5 servers to patch4, but cant see it on update manager. Is it under a different name. Any ideas
View ArticleCheck Notification cannot be completed
We're running VUM 5.1.013071 on W2008R2 VM and vCenter Appliance 5.1.0.5100. Time to time I see a lot of queued "Check new notification" tasks. I must restart VMware vSphere Update Manager Service and...
View ArticleUM doesn't seem to be working
All my ESX hosts are showing as compliant but only 1 patch is listed as installed (ESXi510-20121040-BG).All other patches listed are displaying ‘Not Applicable’. This includes any ESXi510 updates which...
View ArticleFailed to import Data VUM 5.1
I try import ESX 5.0.0 u2 ISO-Image in VUM 5.1 .... the process end with failure -> "Failed to import data"The ESX 5.1 Image was imported without Problem .... in the vCenter working ESX4.0 Build...
View ArticleUpdate management service at 100% CPu after patching to 4.1.0 build 345043
Hello, Recently patched our Windows 2008R2 server that hosts vSphere Server with the above patch. After that, the Update management service starts a java process that runs at 100% CPU, and wontlet up....
View Articlemoving Update Manager 4.1 database
We have Update Manager 4.1 in a vSphere 4.1 environment. We are moving our Update Manager database to a new sql host. Is there any documentation out on moving the databse and what you have to do on...
View ArticleVUM cannot scan some hosts
When scanning a cluster, a few of the hosts in the cluster fail to scan with the following error: VMware vSphere Update manager had an unknown error. Check the events and log files for details....
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Download Patch Definitions Stuck
During the Download of patch Defs it's stuch at 75% when I look at task and eventsit just shows the admin account trying to login to the Vcenter server and for some reason my External View Broker...
View ArticlePatching ESXi Host
Hi, Can you please help me. How can i plan my esxi 5 host patching. My enviorment have : 30 ESXi Host and 500 VMs. Please suggest what best practice do i need to follow. Currenlty i am updating my...
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 Manger - Oracle database user privileges
Hi, I will connect a vCenter and a Update Manager to a production Oracle database. This database is in production for other software and now it will be used to support VMware databases too. In VMware...
View ArticleUpdate Manager on the VMware host being updated
I have two VMware hosts with vCenterServer running in a vm on one of the hosts. Update Manager is loaded and works fine. I would like to update (install patches) the host that has VCenterServer on it....
View ArticleUpdating the vCenter/Update manager VM
Hi,This may be an obvious question/answer but i cant seen to find an answer. If i picked the wrong forum area, please tell me where it should be asked. I have a vCenter server (v5.1) and Update...
View Article1 VUM and 2 VC
Hi All Appologies if this has been asked previouslyI have a fully functioning VUM already within a VC environment but I want to add another seperate VC environment.The new VC Environment needs to be...
View ArticleExclude a virtual appliance from VUM
I have a single virtual appliance that I want excluded from being scanned by VUM. Everytime its scanned VUM states "cannot discover virtual appliance "server name". I cannot seem to locate a way to...
View ArticleHP & Fujitsu ESXi image patches
Since we run HP and Fujitsu servers as ESXi 5.1x hosts I can't use the VMware provided patches. I always get the message that these can't be downloaded from the patch source. That was working with the...
View ArticleUpdate Manager Query
Hello, I am new to Update Manager and have few questions. I am using vCenter 5.1. 1. If I "Configuration Tab" of update Manager and under download settings, I click download now. Where are these new...
View ArticleAny need for 2 Update Manager databases?
Hey guys, We have a 4.1 farm, a 5.0 farm, and a 5.1 farm. We are currently running Update manager on the vCenter server for the 5.0 farm. We just built a new 5.1 farm and I noticed that the update...
View ArticleUpgrade host where vCenter is installed
Hi, I have 3 hosts managed by vCenter. I have vCenter installed on one of the hosts so I can't upgrade that one. I don't have vMotion as it is an Essentials license so I can't move it to another host...
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