List Available Updates

You can retrieve a list of available vCenter Server updates, details about the updates, and pre-check information by using the API.

Prerequisites

• Verify that you have an active authenticated session with vCenter Server.

Procedure

1. Create a stub configuration.
2. Retrieve a list of available vCenter Server updates.
   If there are available updates, you can retrieve details about the updates.
3. Retrieve pre-check information.