Update Manager not compatible with SQL 2008 Standard edition?

[JasonRaymore]

I noticed in the compatibility documentation that, while vCenter Server 4 shows as compatible with SQL 2008 Standard, the vSphere Update Manager shows as not compatible with it (though it does say it's compatible with the Enterprise edition). Is this accurate? I've seen other discussions here indicating that in some cases the documentation is wrong. Has anybody here tried running vSphere Update Manager with a SQL 2008 Standard database and can confirm that this does or does not work?

[mitchellm3]

I also have a question about this. The same guide says SQL 2005 EE x64 bit is supported for Update Manager but SQL 2005 Std. x64 is not. Whats up with that? Anyone using UM with SQL 2005 Std. x64 or SQL 2008 Std.?

[admin · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Please have a look at this KB article: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=101297...

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[mitchellm3]

Thanks!

[JasonRaymore]

Great! Thanks for pointing me to that KB article!