So yes, after a couple of weeks of pausing on the vSphere 5.5 series I'm back with installing VUM. The VUM install pretty much follows the process we had for vCenter 5.1. In case you haven't heard, VUM is also growing feathers like the Windows VI client and will soon...
We are just one post away from installing the actual vCenter service! Now that the rest of the infrastructure is ready, we need to create a service account, databases and DSNs. After all of these steps are completed we can rejoice and very shortly have a working vCenter server. Remember...
Now that vCenter 5.1 Update 1 is installed it is now time to create the VUM DSN. VUM, known as VMware Update Manager, lets you automate the patching process of ESXi hosts, update VMware tools, and also update some VM appliances. You still have to manage VUM via the legacy Windows vSphere client, as VMware...