Using a Update Repository for Isolated networks.

[hardingp]

I am trying to come up with a solution on using a repository to update vCenters that don't have internet access.

I found this link::

However, it offers only a very manual way of getting updates to the target vCenter.

I would like to setup a respository(preferably on linux if I don't need UMDS) and have the isolated vCenter's pull all the patches from

the internal repository rather than external sites.

So my questions are:

1. Do I need UMDS to get the patches, or are they available in rsync/ftp/http ?

2. If I sucessfully setup the mirror, How could i change Update Manager to point to the local network repository(Would a DNS re-route suffice?)

[avlieshout]

1) Yes you need UMDS for downloading the patches as it exports the updates in a special format/file structure

2) You cannot use Updatemanager to look at a another repository. It can only download from the web.

Using UMDS:

Set up UMDS and download patches

vmware-umds -D

Export from Download Manager:

vmware-umds -E --dest c:\Patches\

Copy this directory local to the UM server

Import the patches to UM:

vmware-updatedownloadcli.exe --update-path c:\Patches\ --config-import esx --vc-user <UserName>

-Arnim van Lieshout

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[hardingp]

Thanks for the reply Arnim,

So with the manual setup you stated , I would have to re-copy the entire directory everytime I want the 'local' vCenter to have an updated repo?