Chapter 13. Upgrading and Patching Using vSphere Update Manager
In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:
- Preparing database connectivity for VUM
- Installing vSphere Update Manager
- Installing the vSphere Update Manager plugin
- Adding a download source
- Creating a baseline
- Importing ESXi Images
- Creating a host baseline group
- Creating a VM and VA baseline group
- Remediating a host or a cluster
- Remediating a VM or a VA
- Staging patches
- Installing the Update Manager Download Service
- Configuring UMDS and downloading data
- Creating a shared repository
- Using a shared repository
Introduction
Updating and patching your vSphere environment is part of a periodic maintenance routine. Although the update/upgrade/patching can be done manually, it becomes a tedious process ...
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