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Installing the Update Manager Utility 2
When you install Update Manager or UMDS, the Update Manager Utility is silently installed on your
system.
You can install the Update Manager server and UMDS only on 64-bit operating system platforms.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Install the Update Manager Server and the Update Manager Utility,” on page 9
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“Install UMDS and the Update Manager Utility,” on page 11
Install the Update Manager Server and the Update Manager Utility
When you install the Update Manager server, the Update Manager Utility is installed on your system as an
additional component.
The Update Manager installation requires a connection to a single vCenter Server instance. You can install
Update Manager on the same computer on which vCenter Server is installed or on a different computer.
Prerequisites
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Verify that your system meets the installation requirements listed in Installing and Administering
VMware vSphere Update Manager.
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Before installation, create and set up an Update Manager database and 32-bit DSN, unless you are using
the bundled SQL Server 2012 Express. For more information about setting up the Update Manager
database, see Installing and Administering VMware vSphere Update Manager.
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Make sure that you create the ODBC connection to a supported database server version by using a
supported database client version.
If you create an ODBC connection to a database server that is of an unsupported version, and your
database client is of a supported version, a DSN for the unsupported database might be displayed in
the drop-down menu of the Update Manager installation wizard.
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Ensure that the database privileges meet the requirements listed in Installing and Administering VMware
vSphere Update Manager.
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Before installing Update Manager, install vCenter Server. If prompted, restart the machine on which
vCenter Server is installed. Otherwise, you might not be able to register Update Manager with
vCenter Server, and the Update Manager installation might fail. For more information about installing
vCenter Server, see vSphere Installation and Setup.
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If you plan to use the bundled Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express database, make sure that you install
Microsoft Windows Installer version 4.5 (MSI 4.5) on your system. You can download MSI 4.5 from the
Microsoft Web site.
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