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Network Dude Lurker
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Dec 14, 2007 2:07 AM

Update manager - Changing the default location of the patch repository ?

 

Hi Guys, first off loving the new shiny stuff from VMware.

 

 

Secondly, built a shiny new Virtualcenter 2.5 server yesterday and got update manager installed onto it.  Scanned a test windows 2003 server (ok so far), watched update manager download new patches for the box (still working so far), then watched the errors as my small C:\ partition get rapidly consumed in patch downloads.

 

 

My VM Virtualcenter currently has a secondary drive installed with about 60gb assigned to it, how can I change the default path for storage of downloaded patches ?

 

 

Would the patch repository be shifted if I re-installed virtualcenter onto said 60gb drive ?

 

 

Thanks in advance for any assistance

 

 

 

 

 

BostonPete Lurker
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1. Dec 14, 2007 6:16 AM in response to: Network Dude
Re: Update manager - Changing the default location of the patch repository ?

Yea, I second that request...  my C: drive only has about 2gb left, and i don't want to fill that with patches....

 

 

 

 

 

I did some poking around and found a file (vci-integrity.xml) in the

 

 

C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Update Manager\   Folder.

 

 

You'll see some lines in there referring to the current data store.  I'm going to try to change that and restart the service and see what happens....

hharold Hot Shot
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2. Dec 14, 2007 6:30 AM in response to: BostonPete
Re: Update manager - Changing the default location of the patch repository ?

 

You are right, i ran into this this morning.

 

 

 

 

 

Change the paths in "C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Update Manager\vci-integrity.xml

 

 

Save the file en restart the Update Manager Service

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers,

 

 

Harold

 

 

BostonPete Lurker
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3. Dec 14, 2007 6:50 AM in response to: hharold
Re: Update manager - Changing the default location of the patch repository ?

Yup, that's it... change worked for me!

LiamGP Enthusiast
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4. Dec 14, 2007 8:16 AM in response to: BostonPete
Re: Update manager - Changing the default location of the patch repository ?

 

I want to change mine too.

 

 

Did you copy the existing content out of the old directory to the new one or just let it rebuild itself?

 

 

BostonPete Lurker
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5. Dec 14, 2007 8:22 AM in response to: LiamGP
Re: Update manager - Changing the default location of the patch repository ?

Yea, i stopped the service, cut and pasted the data folder to the new location, changed the xml file to the new path, and started the service.  So i'm not sure if it would rebuild on it's own...

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6. Dec 14, 2007 8:29 AM in response to: BostonPete
Re: Update manager - Changing the default location of the patch repository ?

 

Cool, Will give it a try next week!

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

dogbertvm Novice
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7. Dec 14, 2007 1:00 PM in response to: hharold
Re: Update manager - Changing the default location of the patch repository ?

Just as a side note: This path appears twice in vci-integrity.xml.  It appears in the value <patchstore> and <path> under <docRootHostUpdates>.  I note this in case anyone has changed the default path, and wants to know what to search for in the xml file.

 

Cheers,

 

 

Mike

tcross Enthusiast
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8. Dec 15, 2007 1:34 PM in response to: Network Dude
Re: Update manager - Changing the default location of the patch repository ?

And FYI, you can change this path during the install of Update Manager.

Achtemichuk Enthusiast
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9. Mar 11, 2008 12:46 PM in response to: tcross
Re: Update manager - Changing the default location of the patch repository ?

Is anyone using a patch repository that is not based on the local system (ie: like on a CIFS share)?

 

It would appear that the path needs to be a locally accessable path but I'm wondering about using a mapped CIFS share, except that I'm not sure of the behavour when the server is logged out (ie: if the VUM service can still access that drive).

 

Thoughts?

kaufmac Novice
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10. Apr 3, 2008 4:52 AM in response to: Achtemichuk
Re: Update manager - Changing the default location of the patch repository ?

I tried to use an smb share as patchstore but the download failed with "Path not found". My idea was to mount the smb share and start the update manager within a script at startupscript (set service to manual startup) so it works after a reboot of the VCS.

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11. May 1, 2008 12:19 PM in response to: dogbertvm
Re: Update manager - Changing the default location of the patch repository ?

Good extra suggestion!

 

 

 

 

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Mark Mathson

vvghost Novice
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12. Jun 2, 2008 8:39 AM in response to: dogbertvm
Re: Update manager - Changing the default location of the patch repository ?

 

This is what worked for me.  After I updated VC to 2.5 Update 1, I got the error that started this thread.  It changed my VUM Repository back to the default.  I had to change the location back to my D: drive using these two locations in the XML file.

 

 

 

 

 

Joe

 

 

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