This section describes how to enable auto-upgrade for the Skyline Collector.

The Skyline Collector supports the ability to automatically install upgrades, if available. Auto-Upgrade checks for and installs updates to the Skyline Collector at a specific time and day of the week that you specify.

Prerequisites

  • The Skyline Collector must be able to receive update notifications from vapp-updates.vmware.com. For more details regarding networking requirements, see Networking Requirements

Procedure

  1. To enable Auto-Upgrade, toggle the Enable Collector Auto-Upgrade switch to Yes. If you do not want to enable Auto-Upgrade, skip to Step 4.
  2. Choose your auto-upgrade configuration.
    1. From the dropdown menu, choose a day of the week for the Skyline Collector to check for and install updates, if available.
    2. From the dropdown menu, choose a time of the day for the Skyline Collector to check for and install updates, if available.
  3. Click Set Upgrade Configuration to save your settings.
  4. Click Continue.

Results

After each collector auto-upgrade, an email notification will be sent to the My VMware email address used during the initial configuration.