Specifications

Upgrade the Update Manager Server
To upgrade an instance of Update Manager that is installed on a 64-bit machine, you must first upgrade
vCenter Server to a compatible version.
The Update Manager 5.5 release allows upgrades from Update Manager 1.0 Update 6, Update Manager 4.x,
Update Manager 5.0, and Update Manager 5.1.
Prerequisites
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Ensure that you grant the database user the required set of privileges. See the Preparing the Update
Manager Database chapter in Installing and Administering VMware vSphere Update Manager.
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Stop the Update Manager service and back up the Update Manager database. The installer upgrades
the database schema, making the database irreversibly incompatible with previous Update Manager
versions.
Procedure
1 Upgrade vCenter Server to a compatible version.
NOTE The vCenter Server installation wizard warns you that Update Manager is not compatible when
vCenter Server is upgraded.
If prompted, you must restart the machine that is running vCenter Server. Otherwise, you might not be
able to upgrade Update Manager.
2 In the software installer directory, double-click the autorun.exe file at C:\installer_location, and
select vSphere Update Manager.
If you cannot launch the autorun.exe file, browse to locate the UpdateManager folder and run VMware-
UpdateManager.exe.
3 Select a language and click OK.
4 In the upgrade warning message, click OK.
5 Review the Welcome page and click Next.
6 Read the patent agreement and click Next.
7 Accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next.
8 Review the support information, select whether to delete old upgrade files, select whether to download
updates from the default download sources immediately after installation, and click Next.
If you deselect Delete the old host upgrade files from the repository, you retain files that you cannot
use with Update Manager 5.5.
If you deselect Download updates from default sources immediately after installation,
Update Manager downloads updates once daily according to the default download schedule or
immediately after you click Download Now on the Download Settings page. You can modify the
default download schedule after the installation is complete.
9 Type the vCenter Server system credentials and click Next.
To keep the Update Manager registration with the original vCenter Server system valid, keep the
vCenter Server system IP address and enter the credentials from the original installation.
10 Type the database password for the Update Manager database and click Next.
The database password is required only if the DSN does not use Windows NT authentication.
vSphere Upgrade
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