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March 10th, 2016 10:00
Does VxRail support VMware Update Manager?
Does VxRail support VMware Update Manager? Or does VxRail use VxRail Manager for all software updates? If Update Manager is not used, does VxRail Manager support batch upgrades of VMware Tools and Virtual Hardware, like we can do in Update Manager?
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ColinGallagher
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March 22nd, 2016 12:00
No, upgrades are managed through VxRail Manager which upgrades the entire appliance stack as needed.
boyler05
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March 22nd, 2016 12:00
Without Update Manager, how do we upgrade large batches of VMware Tools and Virtual Hardware? Each time a new version of VMware Tools is released, I am accustomed to using Update Manager to update large batches of VMs (tens or hundreds of VMs) with a single operation. Does VxRail Manager support batch upgrades of VMware Tools for VMs?
m.shortt
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September 1st, 2022 01:00
We're in the same position. There is a exploit in VMware tools and we need to bring in the latest version to protect ourselves. Whilst VMware have released a patch for this, Dell on the other had have no VxRail bundle released yet. We can't deploy a version of Tools using the VMware Update feature or we end up with "Drift" errors at the next VxRail upgrade, yet there is nothing forthcoming from Dell. I'm ending up doing it all manually, VM by VM. This is so disappointing from Dell given the cost of these VxRail platforms.