![]() Since we already have our vCenter SQL database on it’s on VM (not installed on the vCenter server), I’m going to use the same database server to also run the VMware Update Manager database as well. Since we was going to have to rebuild Update Manager I opted to move from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012, in the steps below I’ll document step by step how to install VMware Update Manager 5.5 on Server 2012 and a separate database.Ĭreating the VMware Update Manager database Recently we had some pretty serious array issues which corrupted the VUM database taking Update Manager down. It’s a wonderful tool and makes upgrading and patching so much easier and allows you to quickly see how compliant/up-to-date your environment is with the built in pie graph. If you don’t already know, VMware Update Manager (aka, VUM) is a tool which allows you to easily automate patching and upgrading VMware hosts as well as virtual machine hardware and VMware tools.
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