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Setting up VMware Update Manager service for isolated networks (1004455)

Last Updated: 2/18/2020Categories: Best PracticesTotal Views: 4260Language:
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This article provides steps for setting up VMware Update Manager to patch ESX hosts that do not have connectivity to Internet.

Note: For information about vCenter Update Manager 4.x, see the VMware vCenter Update Manager Administration Guide, Configure an Apache or an IIS Web server as a patch source for vCenter Update Manager (1019288) and Install PowerPath/VE for VMware vSphere by using vCenter Update Manager and UMDS (1019844).

Note: For newer versions, please see following documentation to install and setting up UMDS (Update Manager Download Service)

Install UMDS on Linux:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.update_manager.doc/GUID-292B9BE6-7B48-4EE2-B6A1-48468BB9648B.html?hWord=N4IghgNiBcIKoFkAiBlEBfIA

Install UMDS on Windows:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.update_manager.doc/GUID-4D5E4C9E-960A-434B-9C40-EEE85B9CB791.html?hWord=N4IghgNiBcIKoFkAiBlEBfIA

Setting up and using UMDS:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.update_manager.doc/GUID-7D29B608-812B-41C4-868E-9D2006CEEBF9.html

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To setup VMware Update Manager to download the updates on a proxy machine with Internet connectivity:

Install VMware Update Manager Download Service on the proxy machine connected to the Internet.

Note: The software is on the VirtualCenter CD media.

Open a command prompt and change directory to C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Update Manager .

Run this command to start downloading the updates:

vmware-umds.exe –D

Export the downloaded updates to a local repository using this command:

vmware-umds -E <Path to the local repository>

Note: The path can only contain one directory level, otherwise it will fail. For example the path should be d:\repository, but it cannot be d:\repository\patches. When it is finally exported you can then move the repository to a physical media or any portable storage device.

Connect to vCenter Server using vSphere Client.

Log in as a user with administrative credentials.

Run this command to download the patches from the repository:

vmware-updateDownloadCli.exe --update-path <drive letter of storage media> --config-import esx --vc-user <VirtualCenter administrator user>

Note: vmware-updateDownloadCli.exe is located in the default Update Manager install folder (C:\ProgramFiles\VMware\Infrastructure\Update Manager). This command is not available for VMware Update Manager 4.0 and later. For more information, see Use a Shared Repository as a Patch Download Source in the VMware vCenter Update Manager Administration Guide.

Note: This command is only to download the updates for an ESX host. For downloading Windows and Linux updates, see the VMware Update Manager Administration Guide .

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