Guest os update (patch)

[kiko964]

Hi guys, i am new here. Wanted to ask is there any way to update multiple guest operating systems, and what tool to use. Can i use vcenter for that.

[NicolasAlauzet]

vCenter can help you to update the VMware tools and the Virtual HW at the VM level but it is not involved in gest (os) patch.

For that the are multiple tools that you can use depending in your OS (SSCM, WSUS if you are using microsoft / Satellite for RedHat and so on)

Cheers

N

[kiko964]

Thanks for the reply, this is really helpful.

[nachogonzalez]

The easiest way should be using SCCM or WSUS for windows systems and Satellite for Redhat
Maybe all can be integrated with vRealize Orchestrator, so you can call update processes from a script.
But an easier way should be Installing VMware tools and hardware compatibility on reboot and scheduling a reboot from WSUS/SCCM/Satelite

[IRIX201110141]

10 Years ago this was possible

VMware was owner of Shavlik and with VUM it was also possible to patch certain Linux Distributions and Windows of course.  But when WSUS  was already in place no customer see the need to switch.

Regards,
Joerg

[kiko964]

Thank you for all the replies.