vSphere Update Manager and the vCenter Support Tools - Mastering VMware vSphere 5.5 - page 145

Coni guration The bulk of the coni guration of VUM is performed on the Coni guration
tab. From here, users can coni gure the full range of VUM settings, including network con-
nectivity, download settings, download schedule, notii cation check schedule, VM settings,
ESX/ESXi host settings, and vApp settings. These are some of the various options that you
can coni gure:
Network Connectivity Under Network Connectivity, you can change the ports on
which VUM communicates. In general, there is no need to change these ports, and you
should leave them at the defaults.
Download Settings The Download Settings area allows you to coni gure what types
of patches VUM will download and store. You can add custom URLs to download third-
party patches by adding sources, as shown in Figure 4.10.
Figure 4.10
Select patch sources
so that VUM down-
loads only certain
types of patches.
This is also the area in the settings where you can point to a web server coni gured on a
UMDS instance if you are centralizing your downloads. You set VUM to use a download
server by choosing the Use A Shared Repository radio button. You can also import off-
line patch bundles, distributed as zip i les, to add collections of VMware or third-party
patches and updates.
The Download Settings area is also where you would set the proxy coni guration, if a
proxy server is present on your network. VUM needs access to the Internet in order to
download the patches and patch metadata, so if a proxy server controls Internet access,
you must coni gure the proxy settings here in order for VUM to work.
Download Schedule The Download Schedule area allows you to control the timing
and frequency of patch downloads. Click the Edit Download Schedule link in the upper-
right corner of this area to open the Schedule Update Download Wizard, which allows