- #Vmware tools for windows server core install#
- #Vmware tools for windows server core update#
- #Vmware tools for windows server core download#
#Vmware tools for windows server core update#
In addition to that, I want to use IIS to provide the interface for individual Update Manager installations to use for updates. The basic Core configuration will not allow for the installation of UMDS, because. I’m not going to go into to the benefits of WSUS in a lab, other than to say, it can significantly reduce bandwidth use if you setup and tear down servers often.
#Vmware tools for windows server core download#
With Active Directory, GPOs, and a local WSUS server, it isn’t necessary for me to constantly download updates from Microsoft. A side note, I added this server to Active Directory, but for the purpose of using this Server Core system as a VMware UMDS server, it isn’t needed. I started with updating the IP address, updating DNS settings, changing the computer name, adding the server to Active Directory, and downloading/installing updates. If you haven’t used Server Core, basic configurations can be done using sconfig.cmd.
#Vmware tools for windows server core install#
I chose to install the tools before doing anything else, given that I chose VMXNET3 as the nic type, and Windows Server 2008 R2 doesn’t recognize it without the VMware Tools installed. By selecting Install/Upgrade VMware Tools from the vSphere Client, and choosing Interactive ToolsUpgrade, simply run setup64.exe from the command line from the CD-ROM drive. This can be done pretty easily with the VMware Tools setup for vSphere 5. I installed Windows Web Server 2008 R2 (Server Core) in an VM, but before I added it to the lab domain, I installed the VMware Tools. Installing Windows Web Server 2008 R2 Core Why not choose a Windows Server Core installation for the UMDS server? They have a smaller attack footprint, and given that there is almost never a need to log onto them locally. In the past, I have seen success using Windows Server Core editions as web servers. Given that UMDS runs on Windows, why not use Internet Information Services to serve the patches/content for vSphere updates? And while I’m at it… Why not use Windows Server 2008 R2 Core. The other thing to consider, is how are the updates going to be made available to Update Manager instances on the network?īy default, UMDS only downloads the patches. Again UMDS for vSphere 4.x isn’t much different than UMDS for vSphere 5. I went about installing a UMDS server, following Jason Horn’s instructions. I knew it was there, but had never really looked into it. In all honesty, I have seen the umds folder for a while, but never paid much attention to it before the conversation I had with the customer. Not much has changed with vSphere 5.0, other than to say that Windows and Linux guest patches are no longer available, given that VMware removed guest patching in vSphere 5. You can find his article here: VMware Update Manager Download Service Jason Horn posted an article on the process for vSphere 4.x back in 2010.
VMware Update Manager Download Service provides the ability to create a local repository of vSphere patches and Virtual Appliance patches. But what if the server running VMware Update Manager is not going to be allowed online to download patches? Also, when only using the VMware vSphere CLI, it is hard to get a good graphical representation of how a host is patched. In vSphere 4, it was somewhat bothersome using the VMware vSphere CLI, as opposed to using Update Manager. Often times, simply using a proxy will accommodate the requirement of getting to the Internet to download patches.īut what if there is a situation, for what ever reason, that you do not want to allow the server where VMware Update Manager is running to access the Internet? I talked to a customer not too long ago about the process of patching vSphere hosts in a situation such as this. This configuration is not always possible, depending on network architecture, policies, security configuration, or other reasons. Using the default configuration of vSphere Update Manager, it must be able to connect to the Internet to download vSphere patches. Have to(?) access the Internet to download patches
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