vSphere 6.5 Update Manager Overview/Description Target Audience Prerequisites Expected Duration Lesson Objectives Course Number Expertise Level Overview/Description
VMware vSphere Update Manager is used to patch and upgrade your virtual environment. In this course, you will learn how to correctly use Update Manager to maintain hosts and virtual machines.
Target Audience
IT professionals or managers using or considering the use of VMware vSphere products such as vCenter and ESXi to provide virtualization in their datacenter
Prerequisites
None
Expected Duration (hours)
1.2
Lesson Objectives vSphere 6.5 Update Manager
start the course
describe the purpose of Update Manager in a vSphere environment
recognize criteria for an Update Manager installation on a Windows server
compare the different views of the Update Manager interface
describe basic network configuration options within the Administration view of Update Manager
recognize capabilities of the Download Settings configuration options within the Administration view of Update Manager
specify the importance of VM snapshots and recognize capabilities of the virtual machine settings within the Administration view of Update Manager
describe how the patch repository is used to maintain a VMware vSphere 6.5 environment
describe how ESXi images are imported within Update Manager
specify the functionality of events and notifications settings within Update Manager
describe how baselines and groups help organize patches within VMware vSphere 6.5
recognize how to attach baselines to various objects within a VMware vSphere 6.5 environment
recognize the importance of baseline groups and scanning for compliance within a VMware vSphere 6.5 environment
create and apply an Update Manager baseline using the vSphere Web Client
Course Number: vi_vicm_a11_it_enus
Expertise Level
Expert