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2 Log in as root.
The default root password is the password that you set while deploying the vCenter Server Appliance.
Check for and Stage Patches to the vCenter Server Appliance
Before you install available patches, you can stage the patches to the appliance. You can use the
Appliance Management Interface to stage patches either from a local repository by attaching an ISO
image to the appliance, or from a remote repository directly by using a repository URL.
Prerequisites
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If you are staging patches from an ISO image that you previously downloaded from
https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/patch, you must attach the ISO image to the CD/DVD drive of
the vCenter Server Appliance. You can configure the ISO image as a datastore ISO file for the
CD/DVD drive of the appliance by using the vSphere Web Client. See vSphere Virtual Machine
Administration.
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If you are staging patches from a remote repository, verify that you have configured the repository
settings and that the current repository URL is accessible. See Configure URL-Based Patching.
Procedure
1 Log into the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface as root.
The default root password is the password you set while deploying the vCenter Server Appliance.
2 Click Update.
3 Click Check Updates and select a source.
Option Description
Check URL Scans the configured repository URL for available patches
Check CDROM Scans the ISO image that you attached to the CD/DVD drive of the appliance for
available patches
In the Available Updates pane, you can view the details about the available patches in the source that
you selected.
Important Some updates might require a reboot of the system. You can see information about these
updates in the Available updates pane.
4 You can run a pre-check of an update to verify that it is compatible with your current deployment.
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