In addition to baselines, you can define baseline groups that are used to put together different existing baselines to meet specific needs for your environment. For example, baseline groups can be used if you want to update ESXi hosts in your environment, ensuring that a specific patch is applied during remediation. You can create a baseline group by combining a dynamic baseline for patches and a static baseline with the specific patch you want to apply. To install the latest updates and host extensions to ESXi hosts, using a baseline group allows you to combine different baseline types, performing the task in a single step and simplifying the overall procedure.

To create a new baseline group, from vSphere Web Client, select Home | Update Manager and click the Manage tab. You need to follow these steps:

1. Select Hosts Baselines and click the new baseline group button. Enter a name and description and then click Next.
2. Specify the upgrades to apply, if any, and then click Next.
3. Select the patch baseline to use and click Next.
4. Select the extension to apply to the hosts and then click Next.
5. In the Summary window, click Finish to create the new baseline group:

To edit or delete a baseline, right-click the baseline to process and select the EDIT or DELETE baseline option accordingly.