Getting started with vSphere Update Manager
vSphere Update Manager (vUM) is used as a centralied, automated patch and version management. It is intended to be used along with VMware ESX/ESXi hosts and can be used to:
- Apply updates to ESXi hosts
- Upgrade ESXi hosts
- Update virtual machine's VMware Tools software
- Upgrade virtual machine's virtual hardware version
- Update VMware appliances
Unlike other vCenter Server add-ons, vUM is not yet fully integrated into vSphere Web Client. It only offers the possibility to scan ESX/ESXi hosts and list their patch compliance. For using the full feature set, you need to use the vSphere legacy client.
vUM downloads the list of available and relevant patches to your virtual infrastructure from www.vmware.com. This task ...
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