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Installing the Update Manager
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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
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Install UMDS and the Update Manager Utility
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 64-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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