In the vSphere Web Client, the Update Manager client interface appears as tab Update Manager. The Update Manager tab is a first-level tab and is last in the row of first-level tabs, following the Summary, the Monitor, the Configure, the Permissions, and so on, tabs.
To see the Update Manager client interface in the vSphere Web Client, you must have the View Compliance Status privilege.
To access the Update Manager administration view in the vSphere Web Client, click the vSphere Web Client Home menu, and click Update Manager. From the Objects tab, click the IP Address of the Update Manager instance you want to administer. Another way to navigate to the Update Manager administration view is to click Go to Admin View while you are in the Update Manager compliance view.
In the Update Manager administration view in the vSphere Web Client, you have the following top-level tabs: Getting Started, Monitor, and Manage.
Under the Monitor tab, you can perform the following tasks:
- View Update Manager events.
- Review and check notifications.
Under the Manage tab, you can perform the following tasks:
- Configure the Update Manager settings.
- Create and manage baselines and baseline groups.
- Review the patch repository.
- Import ESXi images.
To access the Update Manager compliance view in the vSphere Web Client, selected an inventory object such as a data center, a cluster, a host, a VM, a vApp, and click the Update Manager tab.
In the Update Manager compliance view, you can do the following tasks:
- View compliance and scan results for each selected inventory object.
- Attach and detach baselines and baseline groups from a selected inventory object.
- Scan a selected inventory object.
- Stage patches or extensions to hosts.
- Remediate virtual machines against predefined VM Tools and virtual machine hardware baselines.
- Remediate hosts against patch, extension, and upgrade baselines.
- Remediate hosts that are part of a vSAN cluster against system-managed baselines.
