Knowledge
- Identify firewall access rules for Update Manager
Skills and Abilities
- Determine use case for, install and configure Update Manager Download Service
- Configure a shared repository
- Configure smart rebooting
- Manually download updates to a repository
- Perform orchestrated vSphere upgrades
- Create and modify baseline groups
- Troubleshoot Update Manager problem areas and issues
- Generate database reports using MS Excel or MS SQL
- Upgrade vApps using Update Manager
Tools
- VMware vCenter Update Manager Installation and Administration Guide
- Product Documentation
- vSphere Client
- VMware-umds
Notes
For the most part all of the content you are going to find for this objective can be found in the vCenter Update Manager Installation and Administration Guide.
Identify firewall access rules for Update Manager
Network port requirements for Update Manager are outlined in VMware KB1004543.
Troubleshoot Update Manager problem areas and issues
There is not a great deal of information available on the Internet specific to troubleshooting Update Manager, but installing it and playing around with it will go a long way.
You can also check out the following links for a little more information. There is also a troubleshooting section within the vCenter Update Manager Installation and Administration Guide
- http://blog.michaelburger.de/Virtuozity.php/2009/02/25/troubleshooting-vmware-update-manager
- http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/02/02/vmware-update-manager-sql/
Generate database reports using MS Excel or MS SQL
Pg 159 and 160 of the vCenter Update Manager Installation and Administration Guide
Upgrade vApps using Update Manager
Attach an upgrade baseline to the vApp just as you would a folder, cluster, or datacenter.
Tools: vmware-umds
Be sure to review the syntax of the vmware-umds command line tool on the Update Manager server. Be familiar with what it can do.