vSphere Update Manager (VUM) (Part 1) - Introduction. If you would like to read the other parts in this article series please go to: Introduction Initially called “VMware Update Manager”, the now renamed vSphere Update Manager (or VUM) is used to keep vSphere infrastructures up to date.
Every commercial version of vSphere, (all the way down to vSphere Essentials) includes VUM but you’ll also need vCenter. Every VMware Admin should be using VUM. It is, by far, the easiest way to keep vSphere current. Figure 1: Getting Started with vSphere Update Manager Now, let’s look at the features offered by vSphere Update Manager. Features of vSphere Update Manager What does vSphere Update Manager offer you? Automated remediation of patches and upgrades for VMware vSphere hosts, as well as for third-party updates from storage and server vendors. This is really the core functionality of VUM and what you need to keep all those ESXi hosts current.
This is used to know the status of your virtual infrastructure’s compliance status. vSphere Update Manager (VUM) (Part 2) - Installation. If you would like to read the other parts in this article series please go to: What is Required to Use vSphere Update Manager?
VUM is included with every version of vSphere when you purchase vCenter. It doesn’t work with the free version of vSphere. You’ll find VUM on the vCenter installation media so you don’t have to download it separately. Like vCenter, VUM requires a SQL or Oracle database that can be local or remote to the VUM server. According to VMware’s documentation, the hardware requirements to use VUM are: Processor: Intel or AMD x86 processor with two or more logical cores, each with a speed of 2GHzNetwork: 10/100 Mbps -- For best performance, use a Gigabit connection between Update Manager and ESX hosts.Memory: 2GB RAM if Update Manager and the vCenter Server are on different machines4GB RAM if Update Manager and the vCenter Server are on the same machineDisk Sizing varies based on the number of hosts and VMs you have in your virtual infrastructure.
vSphere Update Manager (VUM) (Part 3) - How to use it. If you would like to read the other parts in this article series please go to: Introduction In the first article in this series of articles on vSphere Update Manager (VUM) version 5, you received an overview of VUM and how it can help you.
VMware sells off Shavlik patch management tools to LANDesk. Compare Automated Patch Management of VMware Virtualization, Hyper-V and Citrix Xen Server. Virtualization - Are VMware ESXi 5 patches cumulative? VMware sells off Shavlik patch management to LANDesk. Instead of being on the acquisition side of a buying spree, VMware seems to have flipped the tables and is now selling off technologies.
Earlier this month, the virtualization giant announced it had sold off its Protect line of patch and asset management software acquired through the purchase of Shavlik Technologies back in May 2011. VMware unloaded this product line to LANDesk, a provider of IT management, security, mobility and services, owned by private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo, LLC. [ Also on InfoWorld: Piston Cloud unveils enterprise OpenStack 2.0 | Former VMware CEO Maritz to lead new EMC and VMware spinoff | Track the latest trends in virtualization in InfoWorld's Virtualization Report newsletter. ] VMware and Shavlik have a long history, going back to 2006 when the two companies first partnered. In 2009, the companies came together again to create the free Web-based Go service, which VMware previewed in August 2009 and delivered the following January. Vsp_40_esxupdate.pdf.
LANDESK Acquires VMware Protect Product Family. SALT LAKE CITY and LAS VEGAS, April 9, 2013 -- LANDESK Software, a global leader in integrated systems lifecycle management, endpoint security and IT service management, today announced that it has acquired VMware's Protect product family of IT management solutions, which VMware acquired through its purchase of Shavlik Technologies in 2011.
The addition of what LANDESK is now calling the Shavlik Protect portfolio expands LANDESK's user-oriented IT management market presence with access to new channels and a product line that complements its existing portfolio of Total User Management solutions. Financial terms of the transaction, which was completed yesterday, were not disclosed.
Also today, LANDESK and VMware signed a technology and services agreement, adding VMware to LANDESK's list of industry leading Alliance Partners, which includes HP, Intel and Lenovo. LANDesk Acquires VMware's Shavlik For Patch Management. VMware - Patching. This section covers patch management using VMware Update Manager (VUM), there also is a vSphere update utility that is used to patch ESX servers and upgrade from ESXi 3 to ESXi 4, as it is free it is ideal for anyone who has downloaded the free ESXi server and wants to keep costs at a minimum.
VUM is the bells and whistles update manager, it comes in two flavors, stand-alone and as a plug-in to vCenter. It patches and upgrades ESXi servers and optionally can patch windows-based VM's using the popular website as the source for windows, you are also able to add additional source website that caould patch Redhat, Oracle, Ubuntu, etc. The new features in version 4 are Patching can be a dangerous game, some administrators believe that if the environment is working then why patch, especially if the environment is contained and has no access to the internet, patching could cause problems where there were none before.