6.0.2

Prerequisites
Verify that the vCenter Server Appliance is successfully deployed and running.
Procedure
1 In a Web browser, go to the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface, hps://appliance-IP-
address-or-FQDN:5480.
2 Log in as root.
The default root password is the password you set while deploying the vCenter Server Appliance.
Configure the Repository for URL-Based Patching
For URL-based patching, by default the vCenter Server Appliance is congured to use the default VMware
repository URL that is preset for the build prole of the appliance. You can congure a custom repository
URL as the current source of patches for your environment's requirements.
By default the current repository for URL-based patching is the default VMware repository URL.
N You can use the proxy.set command to congure a proxy server for the connection between the
vCenter Server Applianceand the repository URL. For more information about the API commands in the
appliance shell, see vCenter Server Appliance Conguration.
If the vCenter Server Appliance is not connected to the Internet or if your security policy requires it, you can
build and congure a custom repository that runs on a local Web server within your data center and
replicates the data from the default VMware repository URL. Optionally, you can set up authentication
policy for accessing the Web server that hosts the custom patching repository.
Prerequisites
Log in to the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface as root.
Procedure
1 If you want to congure a custom repository URL, build the repository on your local Web server.
a Download the vCenter Server Appliance patch ZIP le from the VMware Web site at
hps://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads.
b On your Web server, create a repository directory under the root.
For example, create the vc_update_repo directory.
c Extract the ZIP le into the repository directory.
The extracted les are in the manifest and package-pool subdirectories.
2 In the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface, click Update.
3 Click .
4 Select the Repository seings.
Option Description
Use default repository
Uses the default VMware repository URL that is preset for the build prole
of the appliance.
Use specified repository
Uses a custom repository. You must enter the repository URL, for example,
http://web_server_name.your_company.com/vc_update_repo.
If the repository policy requires authentication, enter a user name and
password.
5 Click OK.
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