ESXi 6i Download manager

[ch00sen1]

Hi All,

I have just been trying to get the download manager setup.  The Hosts are on a non-routable ip space, I am running the download manager on a separate server. 

I am sFTP the files over to the update manager. 

All that seems to work OK.  But when I try to update a host, it says it can't download the patch.  I have made the share that it sit on W/R for everyone and it still is the same.

Any ideas?

ESX6..0.0

[ch00sen1]

This is the error I get:

Remediate entity

192.168.1.19

Host cannot download files from VMware

vSphere Update Manager patch store.  Check

the network connectivity and firewall setup,

and check esxupdate logs for details.

VM.LOCAL\Administrator

192.168.1.10

7/13/2016 11:39:39 AM

7/13/2016 11:39:39 AM

7/13/2016 11:39:42 AM

[virtualg_uk · Accepted solution]

I've seen this when the ESXi host cannot resolve the hostname of the update manager server. Can you SSH to one of the hosts and ping the hostname of the VUM server to ensure that it resolves?

You could also try: https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=20073...

[ch00sen1]

Thank you so much!!  The link you posted got me to the right place. We don't use DNS on this part of our network so I had to select the IP.