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VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook

By : Abhilash G B
Book Image

VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook

By: Abhilash G B

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (22 chapters)
VMware vSphere 5.5 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Installing the Update Manager Download Service


The Update Manager Download Service (UMDS) comes in handy when the Update Manger server doesn't have access to the Internet to download patches.

In this section, we will learn how to install Update Manager Download Service.

UMDS 5.5 should be installed on a 64-bit machine only. It cannot be installed on the same machine running vSphere Update Manager and it is only compatible with Update Manager 5.5.

If UMDS 5.5 is being installed on a machine running an older version of UMDS (UMDS 4.x or UMDS 5.x), then the older version should be uninstalled before installing UMDS 5.5.

How to do it...

The following procedure will help you install Update Manager Download Service:

  1. Create a new database for UMDS as we did for VUM. Refer to the Preparing database connectivity for VUM section for guidelines. The procedure will remain the same except for the database name.

  2. Create a 32-bit DSN as we did for VUM. If you are using the same DB login then make sure to change...