VMware vSphere Update Manager - 6.7 User’s Manual

Reconfiguring VMware

vSphere Update Manager

17 APR 2018
VMware vSphere 6.7
vSphere Update Manager 6.7

Reconfiguring VMware vSphere Update Manager

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Contents

Reconfiguring VMware vSphere Update Manager 4

Introduction to the Update Manager Utility 5

1

Installing the Update Manager Utility 6

2

Install the Update Manager Server and the Update Manager Utility 6

Install UMDS and the Update Manager Utility 9

Using the Update Manager Utility 13

3

Start the Update Manager Utility and Log In 13

Launch the Update Manager Utility with UMDS 14

Reconfigure the Proxy Settings 14

Change the Update Manager Database Connection Settings 15

Re-register Update Manager with vCenter Server 15

Change the Update Manager SSL Certificate 16

Restart the Update Manager Service 16

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Reconfiguring VMware vSphere Update
Manager

Reconfiguring VMware vSphere Update Manager provides information about configuring

VMware® vSphere Update Manager and VMware® vSphere Update Manager Download Service (UMDS)

by using the VMware® vSphere Update Manager Utility.

This information provides instructions about changing the database password and proxy authentication,

re-registering Update Manager with vCenter Server, and replacing the SSL certificates for

Update Manager.

Intended Audience

This information is intended for anyone who wants to reconfigure Update Manager by using the

Update Manager Utility. The information is written for experienced Windows or Linux system

administrators who are familiar with virtual machine technology, datacenter operations, and

Update Manager.

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Introduction to the Update

Manager Utility 1

The Update Manager Utility is an optional tool for Update Manager that allows you to configure the

Update Manager server and UMDS after installation.

The Update Manager Utility allows you to reconfigure the following Update Manager settings without the

need to reinstall Update Manager and UMDS:

Proxy settings When you install the Update Manager server or the UMDS, you specify the

proxy settings. If these settings change after installation, you must

reconfigure Update Manager or UMDS to use the newly configured proxy.

Database user name

and password

vCenter Server IP

address

SSL certificate You can replace the default Update Manager SSL certificates with either

If the database user name and password change after you install the

Update Manager server or UMDS, you can reconfigure Update Manager

and UMDS without the need to reinstall them.

When you install the Update Manager server, you register it with the

vCenter Server system with which Update Manager will work. Every time

the vCenter Server IP is requested, you must provide the IP of the

vCenter Server system with which Update Manager is registered. If the IP

of the vCenter Server system or Update Manager changes, you must be

able to re-register the Update Manager server with the vCenter Server

system.

self-signed certificates or certificates signed by a commercial Certificate

Authority (CA). You can replace only the SSL certificates that

Update Manager uses for communication between the Update Manager

server and client components. You cannot replace the SSL certificates that

Update Manager uses when you are importing offline bundles or upgrade

release files.

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