In the previous recipe, we learned how to create patch baselines. Update Manager can also be used to upgrade ESXi hosts. This can be achieved by using upgrade baselines, which can then be applied to a common set of hosts.
- Title Page
- Copyright and Credits
- Dedication
- About Packt
- Contributors
- Preface
- Deploying a New vSphere 6.7 Infrastructure
- Installing ESXi – the interactive method
- Configuring the ESXi Management Network
- Scripted deployment of ESXi
- Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)
- Deploying vCenters in a Linked Mode configuration
- Configuring Single Sign-On (SSO) identity sources
- Configuring vCenter Roles and Permissions
- Joining ESXi to an Active Directory domain
- Planning and Executing the Upgrade of vSphere
- Configuring Network Access Using vSphere Standard Switches
- Creating vSphere Standard Switches
- Creating Virtual Machine Port Groups on vSphere Standard Switches
- Creating additional VMkernel interfaces on vSphere Standard Switches
- Creating additional VMkernel TCP/IP stacks
- Managing the Physical Uplinks of a vSphere Standard Switch
- Configuring Security, Traffic Shaping, Teaming and Failover
- Configuring Network Access Using vSphere Distributed Switches
- Creating a vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS)
- Connecting ESXi hosts to a vDS
- Creating Distributed Port Groups (dvPortGroup)
- Configuring Security, Traffic Shaping, Teaming, and Failover
- Configuring VLANs on vDS
- Configuring Private VLANs on a vDS
- Configuring a Link Aggregation Group (LAG) on a vDS
- Configuring user-defined network pools—NIOC
- Migrating Virtual Machine Network from vSS to vDS
- Migrating VMkernel interfaces from vSS to vDS
- Configuring port mirroring on vDS
- Configuring NetFlow on vDS
- Upgrading a vDS
- Backing up and restoring a vDS
- Configuring Storage Access for Your vSphere Environment
- Creating and Managing VMFS Datastores
- SIOC, Storage DRS, and Profile-Driven Storage
- Configuring vSphere DRS, DPM, and VMware EVC
- Achieving High Availability in a vSphere Environment
- Enabling vSphere High Availability
- Configuring vCenter Admission Control
- Configuring Heartbeat Datastores
- Overriding Restart Priority for Virtual Machines
- Creating VM to VM Dependency Rules
- Disabling Host Monitoring
- Enabling Virtual Machine Monitoring
- Enabling Virtual Machine Component Protection (VMCP)
- Configuring vSphere Fault Tolerance (FT)
- Configuring vCenter Native High Availability (VCHA)
- Achieving Configuration Compliance Using vSphere Host Profiles
- Creating Host Profiles
- Associating Host Profiles with ESXi hosts or clusters
- Checking Host Profile Compliance
- Scheduling Host Profile Compliance Checks
- Performing Host Customizations
- Remediating non-compliant Hosts
- Using Host Profiles to push a configuration change
- Copying settings between Host Profiles
- Exporting Host Profiles
- Importing Host Profiles
- Duplicating Host Profiles
- Building Custom ESXi Images Using Image Builder
- Auto-Deploying Stateless and Stateful ESXi Hosts
- Creating and Managing Virtual Machines
- Upgrading and Patching Using vSphere Update Manager
- Downloading Patch Definitions
- Creating Patch Baselines
- Creating Host Upgrade Baselines
- Creating Baseline Groups
- Configuring Update Manager's Remediation Settings
- Patching/upgrading ESXi hosts using Update Manager
- Upgrading VMware Tools and virtual hardware using Update Manager 
- Installing the Update Manager Download Service on Linux
- Configuring UMDS to download patches
- Configuring a Web Server on UMDS (Linux)
- Securing vSphere Using SSL Certificates
- Monitoring the vSphere Infrastructure
- Other Books You May Enjoy
Creating Host Upgrade Baselines
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