One program folder and one for the patch and update data.
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Select vSphere Update Manager > Server in the left pane and click on install.Create System DSN on the vSphere Update Manager Host ( 32Bit DSN!).Create a new database and give the service account dbo rights on Update Manager database and msdb.vSphere Update Manager Database on SQL Server.Small deployments (5 Host / 50 VMs) could be installed with SQL2012 Express which is shipped within the installer.SQL Server > Check the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix because SQL2012 SP1 is supported SP2 not!.Select the component sqlncli.msi and click Next The Native Client is a component of the SQL Server 2012 SP2 Feature Pack which you can download on the Microsoft Homepageĭownload – Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP2 Feature Pack (SQL Native Client) If not already installed, download an install the SQL Server Native Client.Because there is no option to install the vUM on vCSA directly, you need a Windows host for installation. To be able to update and patch our ESXi hosts I want to install the vSphere Update Manager (vUM).
After I’ve installed the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) a few weeks ago the testing process is over and I’ve migrated our production vCenter to the new vCSA 6.0.0b.