Creating a baseline
A baseline is a list of patches that can be used to check the ESXi hosts or virtual appliances for compliance. By default, there are two sets of baselines that are predefined:
- Critical host patches (dynamic)
- Non-critical host patches (dynamic)
The other baselines are:
- VMware tools upgrade to match host (dynamic)
- VM hardware upgrade to match host (dynamic)
- VA upgrade to latest (dynamic)
You can manually create a new custom baseline that can be used to check the ESXi hosts for compliance.
How to do it...
The following procedure will guide you through the steps required to create a baseline:
- Connect to vCenter Server as an administrator using the vSphere Client.
- Go to Home | Update Manager.
- Navigate to the Baselines and Groups tab, select ...
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