Vmware Windows Patch Management

If you have installed vcenter server appliance vcsa version 6 5 or later then vsphere update manager has been pre installed in vcenter by default.

Vmware windows patch management.

You can use the appliance management interface or the appliance shell to apply patches to a vcenter server. What to do next. For more information about scheduling patch deployments for windows managed machines see windows patching deploy wizard. Patch management for vmware infrastructure products.

Vcm can deploy patches to 32 bit and 64 bit linux unix and windows managed machines. These patches provide necessary fixes to the esxupdate utility. You also have the option to automatically discover newly available patches and schedule updates monthly or weekly. Vmware update manager can be installed on the machine with vcenter or on another windows machine and must have network connectivity with vcenter since vum is tightly integrated with vcenter server.

Go ahead with default click on next. Patch management on atera can be used to view the real time status of system resources active users windows updates sql servers exchange active directory vmware and hyper v. If a machine is in a pending reboot state the patch status for the machine is not patched. Vmware recommends that you apply patch esx 5874303 on esx server 3 0 1 hosts and patch esx 1000074 on esx server 3 0 hosts before you install any other patches.

Click on next. Vmware regularly releases patches for the vcenter server that might be related to third party products in the platform core product functionality or both. Select the language click on next. Patch management in vmware.

Check the option i accept the terms in the license agreement click on next. Select vsphere update manager to install plugin. Supported managed machine types include red hat linux suse linux unix based operating systems such as mac osx solaris aix and hp ux machines and windows machines. Patch assessment and deployment.

When you deploy patches on linux and unix machines follow the best practices defined by the os vendor. Vmware makes patches available on a monthly basis. Overview vsphere update manager registers with a single vcenter server instance where an administrator can automate the following operations for the lifecycle management of the vsphere. To view the status of the patch deployment job click patching and select job management windows job manager.