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• Patch management of operating system with Update Manager

  We are looking for a solution to automate patching of virtual computers running all versions of Windows and Linux and updating of the models used to create them.

  I had a few questions about the use of Update Manager for managing operating system patches:

  1. What are the versions of Windows on this work?

  2. the installation of patches of OS automatized so that virtual machines that are turned off can receive OS patches the next time they run?

  3. as the Update Manager works only with ESX hosts and VMs Windows (as far as I know) - is there a comparable solution for maintaining patches operating system of Linux virtual machines through the virtual environment?

  This may not answer your question, but maybe help you plan for the future:

  of http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_esx41_vc41_rel_notes.html

  VMware vCenter Update Manager features. vCenter Update Manager 4.1 and its updates update releases are the latest editions to support digitization and the rehabilitation of the patches for Windows and Linux guest operating systems and applications that run inside a virtual machine. The ability to perform operations of the virtual machine upgrade of hardware tools VMware and virtual machine will continue to be supported and strengthened.

  André

• Update Manager fails to download the patches

  Hello Experts,

  I have vCenter 5.5 running on win2008r2 and Update Manager (VUM) installed on the same vcenter. I have deployed UMDS (Download Manager Update service) to download patches. UMDS is installed on a different server. Under Download Manager update view Admin tab option, I gave the url path web https UMD patches like "shared repository. I added following links via UMD as a download URL command line: -.

  https://hostupdate.VMware.com/software/VUM/production/main/VMW

  -deposit - index.xml

  https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/csco-mai

  csco/n-deposit - index.xml

  http://vibsdepot.HP.com/HPQ/mar2014-550/index-drv.XML

  Patches have been downloaded by UMDS I can see in download store path, joined screenshot in one of the comments below. But I don't see a single patch on patch repository tab of the Update Manager. It shows the Virgin.

  Do you know what could be the cause?

  Thank you

  so the culprit was the inheritance of the permissions on the patch store, followed this article and it worked.

  VMware KB: Configure Apache or IIS Web server as a source patch for vCenter Update Manager

• If the patch management can be done by VMware Update Manager in vCenter Server Appliance as similar vCenter Server

  Hi friends,

  If patches of the host management can be done through Vmware Update manager vCenter Server Appliance as in vCenter Server.

  Tell me other differences between them...

  Kind regards

  Sirot Vijay

  1. Yes we can connect to the device using the vSphere client.

  2. in the installation of the update manager VCenter information will ask and he will automatically fit no special measures required.

  3. no conflict. Its just like you have two vCenter servers, but you can not have two server vCenter managing the same hosts.

  -Avinash

• Download the patches and the stage manually in the Update Manager?

  I need to perform an orchestrated to ESXi upgrade using Update Manager, however, my server vcenter and client computer for Update Manager are on isolated network segments that are not allowed on the internet. How can I download the patches and their step manually in the Update Manager? That is to say, I want to download the patches from a computer that has internet connectivity and then upload to Update Manager.

  Please help!

  Thank you very much.

  You can use the Update Manager download service to download your updates and copy at VUM in isolate network,

  Following the documentation and the Ko with description for this case:

  DOC:

  VMware vSphere 5.1

  Ko

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1004455

  Kind regards

  Joao castro

• Import repository patch Update Manager manually

  Hi guys.  I read all the directions for this shoot.  Specifically, I used vmware-UMD to download it on another system and then exported to a directory on the vCenter server.

  The next step was to use vmware - updatedownloadcli.exe to import it on the server.  However VUM 4.0 are not only supports the command more.  Y at - it a utility replacement or another way to on 4?  I looked around, and I can't find other ways to achieve this.  Thanks in advance.

  Hi Jeff,

  I could finally do it.  Once you've done the downloaded and exported in a file, which is what I did, you then transport this file no matter how you want to / can in your isolated as a directory system.  In other words... you have on your machine UMDS, after export, a directory named "whatever" with a folder named "Hostupdate"(il contient toutes les mises à jour), a file named "version1.txt" and another named "version.txt". "."  Now, you will need to take the folder named "whatever" and copy the disk system on the computer of vm/physics that your update manager is on.  Then go to the Update Manager, and then click the Configuration tab.  Choose "Patch download settings", unclik 'Direct connection to the Internet' and clik "use a shared repository.  Put in the path to the folder that you have just moved the system disk.  In my case it was c:\patchesx4.  Last step, object of clik 'Download' to the right of the path statement.  I must say 'connected' later.

  My export file was very large, so I found that you can remove updates in the folder "Hostupdate" you know that you don't need and it still works fine.  I tried to download only the updates that I wanted, but it will only have those... must do every update for the past thirty-six years, unfortunately, but at least you can remove the unwanted.

  Now that I understand, I'm going to try to understand the use of baselines etc.

  Hope this is what you need to do.

• not able to download the patches in VMware Update Manager

  Just have a VMware Update Manager 4 installed, but he has been unable to download the patches. I already have the network team open up our proxy on port 80/443 to allow this server to connect to. * VMware.com, *. Shavlik.com, and *. . Microsoft.com server, I have no problem with IE navigation on these three sites. Test the connection still doesn't work proxy is still not allowing ICMP ping packets.

  When I checked the log of Update Manager, I found the following messages. Anyone know what could cause this? Thanks in advance.

  Error 12007 WinHttpSendRequest for url https://hostupdate.VMware.com/software/VUM/production/index.XML

  Download https://hostupdate.VMware.com/software/VUM/production/index.XML failed, err: error 12007 WinHttpSendRequest for url https://hostupdate.VMware.com/software/VUM/production/index.XML

  Download retry limit reached

  Download job execution throws error: download limit of retry reached download failed for url: https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/index.xml download job finished, bytes downloaded = 0; notify all

  Download job Finish removal download job in queue

  Current download count: 0

  Download file error, retring: download files: https://hostupdate.VMware.com/software/VUM/production/index.XML failed, 0 bytes downloaded.

  HttpDownloadFile: url = https://hostupdate.VMware.com/software/VUM/production/index.XML destPath = C:\DOCUME1\LOCALS~1\Temp\vcibswxiyrp.tmp_1\SV-VCA

  BZ

  Maybe this will help you?

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1012926

• Options for patching ESX 3.5 other than the Update Manager?

  I know that you have options like VMTS Patch Manager for the old version of ESX.  Are there any other options that are free to patch my ESX servers?  My clients are not running Virtual Center Update Manager is out of the qustion.  Thank you in advance.

  If you are in the search for free, you can still use the command line. The problem is that it is a bit complicated. Here is an article that I based my installation on: http://malaysiavm.com/blog/how-to-update-vmware-esx-patch-using-cli/

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  DJ Gillit

  Network engineer

  CoNetrix, Inc.

  www.conetrix.com

• VMWare Update Manager, patch lost files, how to re - download all?

  Hello

  We have a laboratory to test very small/dev with some ESX server and a Management Server VI including the Update Manager. This administration server is only a standalone machine with two local disks. In the vci - integrity.xml, we moved the location for the hotfix on a second drive data store

  & lt; docRootHostUpdates & gt;

  & lt; namespace & gt; "" vci / / hostupdates "& lt; / space names & gt;

  & lt; path & gt; D:\VMWarePatchStore\Data\ & lt; / path & gt;

  & lt; / docRootHostUpdates & gt;

  and

  & lt; patchStore & gt; D:\VMWarePatchStore\Data\ & lt; / patchStore & gt;

  Everything worked well for several months, until the D: drive crashed and the entire data store has been lost. Well, obviously no backup of this patch store because the idea was that these data can at any time be re-uploaded, if necessary. Only the C-disk's backup.

  Well, now we're at the stage where I have to re - download / fill this store patch, but I can't understand how to do this...

  Last weekend several 3.0.3 new patches have been released, and they have been downloaded in the patchStore. But no version 3.5.0 patches. (All of our ESX servers are 3, 5 - U2 all patches until December). When I run a "Scan for Updates" on any of the hosts-ESX, I get an error message in the file esxupdate.log on the ESX host:

  26 jan 09-0842 DEBUG: Summary: / usr/sbin/esxupdate - HA - d - flushcache http:// & lt; system-ip & gt;:80/vci/hostupdates/hostupdate/esx/esx-3.5.0 scan

  26 jan 09-0842 DEBUG: root: hostagent interface enabling

  26 jan 09-0842 DEBUG: db: dbfile = /etc/vmware/patchdb/patch.db, 215 keys

  26 jan 09-0842 DEBUG: deposit: download rules: {'black list': '.rpm ',' [/headers'], 'exclusive': []}

  09 jan 26-0842 ERROR: root: IOError: HTTP 404 error: not found: http:// < system-ip >: 80/vci/hostupdates/hostupdate/esx/esx-3.5.0/contents.xml.sig

  09 jan 26-0842 ERROR: hostagent: BundleID:Unknown

  Jan 26-0842 09 ERROR: hostagent: file: [http:// < system-ip >: 80/vci/hostupdates/hostupdate/esx/esx-3.5.0/contents.xml.sig]

  09 jan 26-0842 ERROR: hostagent: Extra :()

  Well, of course, that the file cannot be found, it was lost in the disk crash. The D-drive has been replaced, and I created the necessary directories manually. But in the subdirectory 3.5.0 - esx, there is no content and that the update of the weekly signature work runs and completes successfully, the lost content is not automatically recreated. I guess if there are new patches, they would appear there. But none of the 'old' patches of disk crash. If add us an ESX or need to re - install one, we need to patch, so I want to patch-store to be "complete" and contain at least the required corrections published after 3.5.0-U2.

  Then... I wonder what to do. Should I uninstall the Update Manager and re-install? I would like to avoid this. I couldn't find any command line interface (do not even talk about GUI) so far. Any help?

  Thanks in advance, Herbert

  The Update Manager database yet entered saying that patches are on the D: drive, even if they aren't there.  The entries in the database must be purged, or simply create a new database and point your current Manager to update to the new database.  All updates will then be re-uploaded.

• Files of the Update Manager (download patches) eat space on the system drive. Need a way to migrate the files to another volume.

  I am using vCenter 5.1 U3 with Windows 2008 server R2 edition. C: drive have 64 GB, but most of the time get alert as C: drive is full. When I checked that the folder "Program Data" Update Manager from the c: server busy more than space. I suspect that download files eat my space.

  is it possible to change the location of the download files?

  Hi Mike,.

  To change the default download location:

  1. open the vci - C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Update Manager\vci integrity.xml - integrity.xml.

  Note: In 64-bit Windows, the default file location is C:\Program Files (x 86) \VMware\Infrastructure\Update Manager\vci - integrity.xml.

  Search for patchStore.

  C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware update Manager\Data\

  Note: Your new directory is empty and contain valid metadata. Copy the data from the old directory, or run the update vCenter Update Manager download.

  Replace the location with the favorite place.

  Save and close the file.

  2. restart the VMware vSphere Update Manager Service.

  I hope this helps with your problem.

• Problem with Update Manager

  My system is running on VMware vSphere 5.1 (most recent) U1.

  I tried to update the host ESX (host State), but it failed with the error message:

  Patches of the scene to entity rvc-esx-01

  The host returns esxupdate error code: 15. The package manager transaction is not successful. Check the Update Manager logs and logs esxupdate for more details.

  I checked the esxupdate.log and there are many messages of error as follows. Please help me to identify the problem.

  I thank you very much.

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:27Z esxupdate: HostInfo: DEBUG: check the file system on altbootbank...

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:27Z esxupdate: vmware.runcommand: INFO: RunCommand called with: args = "[' / sbin/dosfsck ', '-a ', '-v ',' / dev/disks/naa.600508b1001cfd08a4849f06984fd8a2:5'] ', outfile = 'None', returnoutput = 'True', timeout ="0,0 "."

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:27Z esxupdate: HostInfo: DEBUG: dosfsck dating 1

  Output: dosfsck 2.11 (March 12, 2005)

  dosfsck 2.11, 12 March 2005, FAT32, LFN

  Check the last sector of the file system, we can access

  Content of boot sector:

  ID of the system "MSDOS5.0".

  Byte media 0xf8 (hard drive)

  512 bytes / logical sector

  4096 bytes per cluster

  2 areas

  First FAT starts at byte 1024 (sector 2)

  2 fatty acids, 16-bit entries

  128000 bytes per FAT (= 250 sectors)

  Root directory begins at byte 257024 (district 502)

  512 root directory entries

  Data area starts at byte 273408 (sector 534)

  63929 data clusters (261853184 bytes)

  64 heads, 32 sectors/track

  0 hidden sectors

  total 511968 areas

  Fats are distinguished, but seem to be intact. Using FAT first.

  imgdb.tgz

  Contains a free cluster (39115). Assuming that the expressions of folklore.

  imgdb.tgz

  File size is 32029 bytes, the length of string cluster is 0 bytes.

  Truncate a file of 0 bytes.

  s.V00

  File size is 119879581 bytes, the length of string cluster is 109858816 bytes.

  File truncation

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:27Z esxupdate: esxupdate: ERROR: an exception error esxupdate was taken:

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:27Z esxupdate: esxupdate: ERROR: Traceback (most recent call changed):

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:27Z esxupdate: esxupdate: ERROR: file ' / usr/sbin/esxupdate ", line 216, hand-held

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:27Z esxupdate: esxupdate: ERROR: cmd. Run()

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:27Z esxupdate: esxupdate: ERROR: File "/ build/mts/release/bora-1065491/bora/build/esx/release/vmvisor/sys/lib/python2.6/site-packages/vmware/esx5update/Cmdline.py", line 144, in the term

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:27Z esxupdate: esxupdate: ERROR: File "/ build/mts/release/bora-1065491/bora/build/esx/release/vmvisor/sys/lib/python2.6/site-packages/vmware/esximage/Transaction.py", line 243, in InstallVibsFromSources

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:27Z esxupdate: esxupdate: ERROR: File "/ build/mts/release/bora-1065491/bora/build/esx/release/vmvisor/sys/lib/python2.6/site-packages/vmware/esximage/Transaction.py", line 345, in _installVibs

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:27Z esxupdate: esxupdate: ERROR: File "/ build/mts/release/bora-1065491/bora/build/esx/release/vmvisor/sys/lib/python2.6/site-packages/vmware/esximage/Transaction.py", line 388, in _validateAndInstallProfile

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:27Z esxupdate: esxupdate: ERROR: File "/ build/mts/release/bora-1065491/bora/build/esx/release/vmvisor/sys/lib/python2.6/site-packages/vmware/esximage/HostImage.py", line 639, at the stage

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:27Z esxupdate: esxupdate: ERROR: File "/ build/mts/release/bora-1065491/bora/build/esx/release/vmvisor/sys/lib/python2.6/site-packages/vmware/esximage/Installer/BootBankInstaller.py", line 672 in StartTransaction

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:27Z esxupdate: esxupdate: ERROR: File "/ build/mts/release/bora-1065491/bora/build/esx/release/vmvisor/sys/lib/python2.6/site-packages/vmware/esximage/Installer/BootBankInstaller.py", line 302, in Recover

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:27Z esxupdate: esxupdate: ERROR: InstallationError: ("," there was a file system on altbootbank of error checking, see log for details ".)

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:27Z esxupdate: esxupdate: DEBUG: < < <

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:32Z esxupdate: vmware.runcommand: INFO: RunCommand called with: args = ' [' / sbin/esxcfg-advcfg ', '-q', '-g', ' / UserVars/EsximageNetTimeout "]', outfile = 'None', returnoutput = 'True', timeout ="0.0 ".

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:32Z esxupdate: vmware.runcommand: INFO: RunCommand called with: args = ' [' / sbin/esxcfg-advcfg ', '-q', '-g', ' / UserVars/EsximageNetRetries "]', outfile = 'None', returnoutput = 'True', timeout ="0.0 ".

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:32Z esxupdate: vmware.runcommand: INFO: RunCommand called with: args = ' [' / sbin/esxcfg-advcfg ', '-q', '-g', ' / UserVars/EsximageNetRateLimit "]', outfile = 'None', returnoutput = 'True', timeout ="0.0 ".

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:32Z esxupdate: esxupdate: INFO: -.

  Command: scan

  Args: ["scan"]

  Options: {'nosigcheck': zero, 'Retry': 5, "loglevel": zero, 'cleancache': None, 'viburls': zero, 'meta': ['http://172.29.137.20:9084/vum/repository/hostupdate/csco/csco-VEM-5.1.0-metadata.zip','http://172.29.137.20:9084/vum/repository/hostupdate/vmw/vmw-ESXi-5.1.0-metadata.zip'], 'proxyurl': None, 'timeout': 30.0, "cachesize": zero, "Valentina": True, 'maintenancemode': None}

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:32Z esxupdate: BootBankInstaller.pyc: INFO: value not recognized 'title = loading VMware ESXi' in boot.cfg

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:32Z esxupdate: BootBankInstaller.pyc: INFO: /altbootbank/boot.cfg: bootstate goes from 0 to 3

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:33Z esxupdate: vmware.runcommand: INFO: RunCommand called with: args = "[' / sbin/bootOption ', '-rp'] ', outfile = 'None', returnoutput = 'True', timeout ="0,0 "."

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:33Z esxupdate: vmware.runcommand: INFO: RunCommand called with: args = "[' / sbin/bootOption ', '-ro'] ', outfile = 'None', returnoutput = 'True', timeout ="0,0 "."

  2013-05 - 28 T 06: 48:33Z esxupdate: downloader: DEBUG: download http://172.29.137.20:9084/VUM/repository/hostupdate/CSCO/CSCO-VEM-5.1.0-metadata.zip to/tmp/tmprZ4JfI...

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:33Z esxupdate: Metadata.pyc: INFO: unknown file vendor - index.xml in the metadata file

  2013-05 - 28 T 06: 48:33Z esxupdate: downloader: DEBUG: download http://172.29.137.20:9084/VUM/repository/hostupdate/VMW/VMW-ESXi-5.1.0-metadata.zip to/tmp/tmpytjFZI...

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:33Z esxupdate: Metadata.pyc: INFO: unknown file vendor - index.xml in the metadata file

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:33Z esxupdate: BootBankInstaller.pyc: INFO: value not recognized 'title = loading VMware ESXi' in boot.cfg

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:33Z esxupdate: BootBankInstaller.pyc: INFO: /altbootbank/boot.cfg: bootstate goes from 0 to 3

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:33Z esxupdate: vmware.runcommand: INFO: RunCommand called with: args = ' [' / usr/sbin/vsish ', '-e', '-p', 'cat', ' / hardware/bios/dmiInfo "]', outfile = 'None', returnoutput = 'True', timeout ="0.0 ".

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:33Z esxupdate: esxupdate: INFO: everything is done!

  2013 05-28 T 06: 48:33Z esxupdate: esxupdate: DEBUG: < < <

  Yes run command now below.

  dosfsck - a w /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.600508b1001cfd08a4849f06984fd8a2:5

• Update Manager 4.1 works with Windows 2008 R2?

  I'm not at all clear that Update Manager 4.1 a) will install on and b) return as a guest of Windows 2008 R2?

  The documentation only mentions Windows 2008, idem notes version - but I can't believe that vmware would release a new version 4.1 that does not 2008 R2 since if you currently buy Windows licenses, which will be what you buy?

  Thank you.

  (a) install on... 2008 R2

  Yes, according to the http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_compatibility_matrix.pdf page 18

  (b) rehabilitate one invited Windows 2008 R2?

  Not according to the same as above. As you may know, corrective comments will be removed VUM in future versions anyway.

  of http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_esxi41_vc41_rel_notes.html

  VMware vCenter Update Manager features.

  vCenter Update Manager 4.1 and its updates update releases are the latest editions to support digitization and the rehabilitation of the patches for Windows and Linux guest operating systems and applications that run inside a virtual machine. The ability to perform operations of the virtual machine upgrade of hardware tools VMware and virtual machine will continue to be supported and strengthened.

  André

• Latest updates in Update Manager?

  Hi all

  I don't know if my Update Manager has downloaded the latest patches.

  Since we migrated to vSphere, there is no new downloaded patch.

  When I look into the patch repository, the latest patch for esx 4.0 is dated with 10.06.2010

  I wonder if there was no hotfixes published since the 10.06.2010? can anyone confirm this?

  Thank you!

  No fixes not published since the 10.06.

  ---

  MCSA, MCTS Hyper-V, VCP 3/4, VMware vExpert

  http://blog.vadmin.ru

• Update Manager 4 and esx 3.5

  Hello

  simple question...

  I plan to upgrade my 3 infrastructure to vsphere.

  I will modernize the virtual Center 2.5 to vcenter server 4.0. The problem is, I can't upgrade all of my ESX 4.0 servers in the near future.

  Thus, for a few months, I have two servers esx 4.0 and several 3.5 (there is no interaction between the servers (not vmotion, DRS,...). Only the 'stand-alone' servers to the virtual Center).

  My question is, with the Update Manager 4.0, I'll still be able to push the update to the servers of esx3.5? Or it only can update the 4.0 servers?

  I don't know of updates of reviews, only hosts.

  Thank you

  Yes, as long as you have 3.5 hosts in your inventory, you can continue to scan, clean up and their patch.

  For scanning and remediation Update Manager works with the following versions of ESX/ESXi.

  For the machine virtual patching operations, Update Manager works with ESX 3.5 and ESX 3i version and subsequent versions

  3.5 and later versions.

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/vsp_vum_40_admin_guide.PDF

• CS5 Update Manager keeps trying to install the old updates

  Yesterday, I installed CS5 Master Collection on a replacement computer and used ' Check for Updates ' in Photoshop to download and install the latest versions. This well, but only updated Photoshop 12.0.4 and Illustrator to 15.0.2. I downloaded and installed the PS 12.0.5 and HAVE 15.0.3 manually updated and everything went well (or so I thought) - reports 12.0.5 PS and Illustrator reports 15.0.3 in their dialog boxes "about".

  Tonight, I found an Adobe Update icon in my tray and clicked on it. He tells me he wants to install PS 12.0.4 and HAVE 15.0.2 (a single patch back on each level). I let him run, thinking he would notice that everything was up-to-date. He didn't - he downloaded and tried to install these updates, reports of update failed for both. If I check the updates again, I again offer these two updates.

  I found this old thread http://forums.adobe.com/thread/714043 that deals with a similar problem with Dreamweaver. I tried to delete the C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Adobe\AAMUpdater\1.0 folder and restart as indicated on this thread and it does not solve the problem - the continuous update manager to try to download and install the updates necessary and obsolete.

  How Update Manager to understand that these updates have already been applied? I don't want to just disable checks for these products update, that I'll miss future updates. And I prefer not to disable and uninstall all CS5 Master Collection and reinstall if I have to - that seems a hammer to crush a mosquito.

  I don't want to just disable checks for these products update, that I'll miss future updates.

  There will be none. CS5 is now 2.5 years old and nobody does not return in support of these older versions when CS7 knocks at the door. The day.3 update has been made only after that the public cries largely misinformed on that together major security with certain types of files that has been a complete non-issue for 90% of users, anyway...

  Mylenium