You can get benefited from the latest signatures released for the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics by frequently checking for updates, downloading, and applying the updates.

Check and download new updates for the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that you can access the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics user interface.

  • Verify that VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics has internet connectivity to the VMware sites listed in the Outbound Interaction section.

  • If you plan to download the updates, verify that you are logged in with the administrator privileged user credentials.

Caution:

Take the snapshot of the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics appliance virtual machine before installing the new updates.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics user interface on a supported web browser using a user with administrator privilege.
  2. Click on the Settings tab from the top-menu.
  3. In the left pane, select Upgrade & History.
  4. Click the Tool Update tab.
  5. To check if the new updates are available, click Check Tool Updates.

    If new updates are available, a download option is displayed for the user with administrator privileged.

  6. To download the update, click Download Updates.
  7. Confirm that the version is visible in Download History Summary.
  8. After the updates are downloaded, reboot the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics appliance by, opening the Skyline Health Diagnostics appliance console using the VMware vSphere client or Secure Shell (SSH) client. Log in as a root user and run the command reboot. On startup, the software is updated automatically.

Results

New updates are downloaded.

What to do next

  1. Verify that the operation is successful using the steps mentioned in Verify the Update or Upgrade of VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics is Successful.