Whether Patch management can be done through VMware Update Manager in vCenter Server Appliance as in like vCenter Server

[SATHISHVIJAY]

Hi Friends,

Whether Patch Management can be done through VMware Update Manger in vCenter Server Aplliance as like in vCenter Server.

Regards,

Sathish Vijay

[rh5592 · Accepted solution]

See http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=200253...

vCenter Update Manager

• There is no Linux-based equivalent to Update Manager. You can install the Windows-based Update Manager on a Windows guest and register the Update Manager plug-in when connected to the vCSA with a vSphere Client. For more information, see the vSphere Update Manager Documentation.

[SATHISHVIJAY]

Need some classification : Can we have both vCenter server Appliance and vCenter Server in the same environment ?

Any benefit of using vCSA apart from vCenter Server...

[rh5592]

Functionality wise they are the same. Only difference being the vCSA is a linux based appliance whereas the Windows vCenter Server is installed in a Windows machine. With vSphere 5.5, vCSA can support up to 100 ESXi hosts and 3000VMs

A couple of limitation of vCSA compared to a Windows based vCenter are:

- No support for Linked Mode

- No IPV6 support

- Cannot use SQL Server as external database. You can use the built-in vPostrgess DB or Oracle as an external DB

- Update Manager cannot be installed on vCSA

[SATHISHVIJAY]

Fine..

Can we have both vCenter Server Appliance and vCenter Server in the same environment ?

2. How can we connect vCSA, as like vCenter Server through vSphere Client ?

[rh5592]

Why would you need both vCSA and Windows vCenter Server at the same time? If they are managing different ESXi hosts then its ok since the ESXi hosts can only be managed by one vCenter Server.

For vCSA you can connect using the same methods, Windows vSphere Client or using Web Client.

[SATHISHVIJAY]

Thanks Rommel ..

Could you recommend any tool to monitor the Capacity utilization of a hosts and VMs ..like CPU,Memory resource util.

And what parameters to check on it .

what about TOP and ESXTOP regarding this ?