download patches and stage them into Update Manager manually?

[alansigudo]

I need to perform an orchestrated upgrade of ESXi using Update Manager, however, my vcenter server and update manager client computer are on isolated network segments that are not allowed out to the internet. How can I download patches and stage them into Update Manager manually? That is to say, I wish to download the patches from a workstation that has internet connectivity and then upload them to Update Manager.

Please assist!

Many thanks.

[JoaoCastro · Accepted solution]

You can use update manager download service to download your updates and copy to VUM in  isolate network,

Follows the documentation and kb with description for this case :

DOC:

VMware vSphere 5.1

Kb

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=100445...

Regards,

Joao castro

[Cyberfed27]

You can also just manually download the patch bundles from VMwares web site and manually import them into update manager on your isolated network.

[VirtuallyMikeB]

Joao is correct - that's why UMDS was created.  You can start at Part 2 of my series on VUM and UMDS here Part II – Update Manager Download Service (UMDS) Installation and Configuration Guide | Vi...

All the best,

Mike

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