VMware Update Manager Download Service question

[Kiil]

We have installed and configured VMware Update Manager Download Service which work fine for downloading patches and extensions.  To this repo we have connected several vcenter servers.  vCenter and VUM/UMDS is all running version 6.

Now, I'm going to upgrade a lot of hosts from 5.5 to 6U1b or 6U2.  In that case I want to put the Dell Customized ISO/Offline bundle on the repo/UMDS server and create the baseline from that.  I can't find much informarmation about UMDS, and nothing about what I want to do.  So, does anyone know if it's possible, or is it only possible to import the ESXi image though VUM on each vcenter/vum instance ?

/BOK

[virtualg_uk]

Your Update Manager needs to be running a version the same as or higher that the ESXi version that you want to upgrade the hosts to. https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=20971...

So in your case, ensure that update manager is running 6Ux (ESXi target version or higher)