You can configure UMDS to connect to the websites of third-party vendors to download ESXi 6.0, ESXi 6.5, and ESXi 6.7 host patches and notifications.
Procedure
- Log in to the machine where UMDS runs, and open a Command Prompt window.
- Navigate to the directory where UMDS is installed.
- The default location in 64-bit Windows is C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Update Manager.
- The default location in 64-bit Linux is /usr/local/vmware-umds.
- Configure UMDS to download data from the new URL address.
- (Optional) Remove a URL address, so that UMDS does not download data from it anymore.
Downloaded data is retained and can be exported.
Results
You configured UMDS to download host patches and notifications from specific URL addresses.
What to do next
Download the patches and notifications by using UMDS.