How to import updates from another Update Manager server?

[Massimo1980]

I have a VirtualCenter 2.5 server where Update Manager is also installed; it succesfully downloaded all ESX 3.5 patches, and applied them to the hosts it manages.

I need to setup another VirtualCenter 2.5 server, also with Update Manager, in a network where Internet access is slow/unreliable; I'd like to populate the update repository using the patches that were already downloaded by the first server.

How can I export the update repository from the first server and import it in the new one?

I've found some references to using the vmware-updateDownloadCli.exe command with the -p option, but everyone says you need to first export the update repository using vmware-umds.exe. Too bad I can't find this command anywhere.

Can someone please help?

[AndreTheGiant]

You have to use vmware-umds on a "proxy" machine to download the patches.

Then you can export them to a destination folder (for example in e:\updates):

vmware-umds -E --dest e:\updates

Then you can import them in you VUM server:

"C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Update Manager\vmware-updateDownloadCli.exe" --update-path e:\updates --config-import esx --vc-user administrator -i verbose

Andre

[Massimo1980]

Luckily, it's easier than that

You just have to succesfully download update signatures (or import them using vmware-updateDownloadCli.exe), and then... manually copy the patch files from the repository folder on the first server to the one on the new server. It automatically finds them.

[AndreTheGiant]

Good for you

Andre