Solved: Update Manager

BDorroh · ‎07-08-2008

I can't seem to figure out where update manager stores the updates on the virtual center server? Any ideas? Also, is it configurable? At some point I'll probably want to point those downloads to a larger disk drive...

qmcnetwork · ‎07-08-2008

When you install Update Manager you can configure where it will keep the updates. I decided to keep it on a separate (larger) disk because I didn't know how big it would get. I've been using it to patch ESX hosts and Windows VMs for at least 6 months and it's used about 2GB. I would also recommend putting Update Manager on a separate server with it's own SQL instance. I can live without Update Manager, but if Virtual Center goes down it's painful, so I don't want to risk the performance hit or any additional complications.

BTW, on a default install it will store the updates here:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware Update Manager\Data\

jonatj

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qmcnetwork · ‎07-08-2008

When you install Update Manager you can configure where it will keep the updates. I decided to keep it on a separate (larger) disk because I didn't know how big it would get. I've been using it to patch ESX hosts and Windows VMs for at least 6 months and it's used about 2GB. I would also recommend putting Update Manager on a separate server with it's own SQL instance. I can live without Update Manager, but if Virtual Center goes down it's painful, so I don't want to risk the performance hit or any additional complications.

BTW, on a default install it will store the updates here:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware Update Manager\Data\

jonatj

dmaster · ‎07-08-2008

Hi BDorroh,

you can change the location of the downloaded patches in the following file

“C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Update Manager\vci-integrity.xml”

see also link: http://www.gabesvirtualworld.com/?p=28