Updated Information

This section is updated with each release of the product or when necessary.

This table provides the update history of the vSphere Update Manager Installation and Administration Guide.

Revision	Description
29 JUNE 2023	Minor update to Working with Baselines and Baseline Groups.
24 NOV 2022	Added information that downloading the vendor firmware tool is only possible for compatible I/O controllers and requires vSAN HCL support. See Download the Vendor Firmware Tool.
02 NOV 2022	Updated the list of supported Linux-based operating systems in Supported Linux-Based Operating Systems for Installing UMDS.
11 AUG 2022	Updated procedures, see Upgrade VM Hardware Compatibility of Virtual Machines and Upgrade VMware Tools for Virtual Machines. Reorganized the topics in the Configuring Update Manager to facilitate finding the procedures related to configuring remediation topics in the two Web clients - vSphere Web Client and vSphere Client. See Configure the Remediation Settings for Hostsand Configure Host and Cluster Remediation Settings in the vSphere Web Client.
28 JUN 2021	Updated the path to the folder where Update Manager stores host updates in The Update Manager Repository Cannot Be Deleted. Added information about the location of the Update Manager log file in the vCenter Server Appliance. See Host Upgrade Scan Messages in Update Manager. Specified the command that is used to unarchive the UMDS installation file in Install UMDS on a Linux OS. Added link to the KB article that contains a list of all I/O controllers whose firmware you can update with Update Manager. See Updating Firmware in vSAN Clusters and Update Software and Firmware in a vSAN Cluster. Updated procedure in Obtain the Update Manager Installer.
23 JUN 2021	Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 to the list of supported Linux-based operating systems in Supported Linux-Based Operating Systems for Installing UMDS.
15 APR 2021	Adjusting the information about using the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix in Supported Windows Operating Systems and Database Formats, Prerequisites for Installing the Update Manager Server on Windows, and Create a New Data Source (ODBC) .
06 APR 2021	Added information about port 80 in Update Manager Network Connectivity Settings.
18 Mar 2021	Added information that starting with vSphere 6.7 Update 3m, you can use the vSphere Client with Update Manager instances that run on Windows. Updated information about remediation pre-checks and issues in Pre-Check Remediation Report. Added information that when you restart the Update Manager service, the configuration to use an IP address instead of DNS is not preserved. See Change the Update Manager Network Settings and Update Manager Network Connectivity Settings
13 AUG 2020	At VMware, we value inclusion. To foster this principle within our customer, partner, and internal community, we are replacing some of the terminology in our content. We have updated this guide to remove instances of non-inclusive language.
10 JUL 2020	Added Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to the list of supported Linux-based operating systems in Supported Linux-Based Operating Systems for Installing UMDS.
20 MAY 2020	Updated the list of supported Linux-based operating systems in Supported Linux-Based Operating Systems for Installing UMDS.
03 SEP 2019	Updated information about the vendor suggesting a firmware tool in Updating Firmware in vSAN Clusters and Download the Vendor Firmware Tool.
21 JUN 2019	Updated the system requirements required for installing UMDS on Windows in Install UMDS on a Windows Operating System. Added a new topic about starting and stopping the Update Manager service, Start, Stop, or Restart the Update Manager Service in the vSphere Client. Added a new topic about collecting the vCenter Server Appliance logs, Collect the Update Manager and vCenter Server Appliance Log Bundle. Added a new topic about the system requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance, System Requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance and Update Manager. Adjusted the steps in Remediate ESXi Hosts Against a Single Baseline or Multiple Baselines. Added a note that explains how to check the database compatibility for Update Manager 6.5 and later in Supported Windows Operating Systems and Database Formats. Updated version information in Migrating Update Manager from Windows to vCenter Server Appliance 6.7. Updated information about system managed baselines in Working with Baselines and Baseline Groups.
11 APR 2019	Initial release.