VMware vSphere Update Manager (VUM) on vSphere 6.7

VMware vSphere 6.7 has been announced by VMware recently and there are many enhancement and new features are available with this release.In this post am sharing details  about update manger in vSphere 6.7 .With vSphere 6.7 version update manager module consists of a server component and client components for the vSphere Client (an HTML5-based GUI) and the vSphere Web Client (a Flex-based GUI).

• With vSphere 6.7 update manager (VUM)  is accessible through HTML5 web client with limited functions .You have to still use the Web Client Flex for rest of the  features accessibly .

 

• Update Manager on vCenter 6.7 or the UMDS that runs on Windows requires Microsoft .NET version 4.7.Installing or upgrading vCenter Update Manager or UMDS  on version 6.7 required  .NET 4.7 or to upgrade your existing .NET version to 4.7  .

• With Quick Boot option on vSphere 6.7 Update Manager will reduce the time an ESXi host spends in maintenance mode during remediation. This is available from Update Manager configuration settings, and the remediation wizard. Quick Boot is supported on limited platforms and systems , Supported platforms , Refer – KB .
• Virtual appliances upgrades with Update Manager is deprecated , Upgrade and patch operations of virtual appliances is deprecated in Update Manager 6.7.

Find the below supported and unsupported functionalities  of vSphere update manager with HTML5 and Flex Client . 

Supported Functionality in the vSphere Web Client (HTML5 )

Update Manager Functional Area	Supported Functionality in the vSphere Web Client (HTML5 )
Configuration Settings	Unsupported
Patch Repository	Download patches manually to the repository
	Import patches
	Add/Remove baselines that include a particular patch
Baselines	Create Patch Baselines
	Edit Patch Baselines
	Create Extension Baselines
	Edit Extension Baselines
	Create Host Upgrade Baselines
	Edit Host Upgrade Baselines
	Delete Baselines
Baseline Groups	Create a Host Baseline Group
	Edit a Baseline Group
	Delete Baseline Groups
Scan	Check Compliance for Hosts & Clusters
Working with Baselines and Baseline Groups	Attach host baselines
	Detatch host baselines
	Delete host baselines
	Attach baseline groups
	Detatch baselines groups
	Delete baselines groups
Pre-check remediation	Pre-check remediation
Stage	Stage all patches to hosts or none
Remediating Hosts & Clusters	Remediation against predefined patch baselines (limited functionality)
	Remediation against custom patch baselines (limited functionality)
	Remediation against extension baselines (limited functionality)
	Remediation against upgrade baselines (limited functionality)
	Remediation against baseline groups (limited functionality)
Remediating vSAN clusters	Remediation against system-managed baselines
Remediating VMs	Unsupported
Monitor Update Manager Events&Notifications	Update Manager related events are displayed in global vSphere Client events list.
	Monitoring of Update Manager notifications are unsupported.
Scheduling Update Manager tasks	Unsupported
Update Manager compliance view	Compliance info cards that are available from the Updates tab:
	Summary card of the selected host or cluster
	Compliance information card of the selected host or cluster
	Pre-check remediation card of the selected host or cluster

Supported Functionality in the vSphere Web Client (Flex-based GUI)

Update Manager Functional Area	Supported Functionality in the vSphere Web Client (Flex-based GUI)
Configuration Settings	Change the Update Manager Network Settings
	Configure the Update Manager Proxy Settings
	Configure the Update Manager Download Sources
	Configure Checking for Updates
	Configure Notifications Checks
	Configure Host and Cluster Settings
	Configure Using Quick Boot
	Configure Host Maintenance Mode Settings
	Configure Cluster Settings
	Enable Remediation of PXE Booted ESXi Hosts
	Take Snapshots Before Remediation
	Configure Smart Rebooting
	Configure the Update Manager Patch Repository Location
Patch Repository	Download patches manually to the repository
	Import patches
	Add/Remove baselines that include a particular patch
Baselines	Create Patch Baselines
	Edit Patch Baselines
	Create Extension Baselines
	Edit Extension Baselines
	Create Host Upgrade Baselines
	Edit Host Upgrade Baselines
	Delete Baselines
Baseline Groups	Create a Host Baseline Group
	Create a Virtual Machine Baseline Group
	Edit a Baseline Group
	Add and Remove Baselines to a Baseline Group
	Delete Baseline Groups
Scan	Scan Hosts
	Scan Clusters
	Scan VMs
Working with Baselines and Baseline Groups	Attach host baselines
	Detatch host baselines
	Delete host baselines
	Attach VM baselines
	Detatch VM baselines
	Attach baseline groups
	Detatch baselines groups
	Delete baselines groups
Pre-check remediation	Pre-check remediation
Stage	Select patches to stage to hosts
Remediating Hosts & Clusters	Remediation against predefined patch baselines
	Remediation against custom patch baselines
	Remediation against extension baselines
	Remediation against upgrade baselines
	Remediation against baseline groups
Remediating vSAN clusters	Remediation against system-managed baselines
Remediating VMs	Remediation against predefined VM baselines
Monitor Update Manager Events&Notifications	Update Manager related events are displayed in global vSphere Web Client events list.
	Monitoring of Update Manager notifications is available from the Update Manager Admin view under Monitor tab.
Scheduling Update Manager tasks	Schedule scan and remediate operations from Task&Events under the vSphere Web Client Monitor tab.
Update Manager compliance view	Unsupported

Check the below VMware reference web page  to understand more about Update Manager and learn

Reference

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