6.0.2

Procedure
1 Use the vSphere Client or the vSphere Web Client to connect to a vCenter Server system with which
Update Manager is registered.
Client Steps
vSphere Web Client 1 Select Home > Hosts and Clusters.
2 From the inventory object navigator, right-click a datacenter, a cluster, or a
host, and select Update Manager > Remediate.
If you select a container object, all hosts under the selected object are
remediated.
vSphere Client 1 Select Home > Inventory > Hosts and Clusters, in the navigation bar.
2 From the object navigator, right-click a datacenter, a cluster, or a host, and
select Remediate.
If you select a container object, all hosts under the selected object are
remediated.
The Remediate wizard opens.
2 Select Upgrade Baselines.
3 On the Remediation Selection page of the Remediate wizard, select the upgrade baseline to apply.
4 (Optional) Select the hosts that you want to remediate and click Next.
If you have chosen to remediate a single host and not a container object, the host is selected by default.
5 On the End User License Agreement page, accept the terms and click Next.
6 (Optional) On the ESXi 6.0 Upgrade page, select the option to ignore warnings about unsupported
devices on the host, or no longer supported VMFS datastore in order to continue with the remediation.
7 Click Next.
8 On the Schedule page, specify a unique name and an optional description for the task.
The time you set for the scheduled task is the time of the vCenter Server instance to which
Update Manager is connected.
9 Select Immediately to begin the process immediately after you complete the wizard, or specify a time
for the remediation process to begin, and click Next.
10 On the Host Remediation Options page, from the Power state drop-down menu, you can select the
change in the power state of the virtual machines and virtual appliances that are running on the hosts to
be remediated.
Option Description
Power Off virtual machines
Power o all virtual machines and virtual appliances before remediation.
Suspend virtual machines
Suspend all running virtual machines and virtual appliances before
remediation.
Do Not Change VM Power State
Leave virtual machines and virtual appliances in their current power state.
A host cannot enter maintenance mode until virtual machines on the host
are powered o, suspended, or migrated with vMotion to other hosts in a
DRS cluster.
Some updates require that a host enters maintenance mode before remediation. Virtual machines and
appliances cannot run when a host is in maintenance mode.
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