How to do it…

To deploy VUM in a vSphere environment, perform the following steps:

1. Verify product and database interoperability by using the VMware Product Interoperability matrices.
2. Determine the location and type of database to host the VUM database.
3. Allocate the required compute and storage resources to support the VUM server.
4. Run the vSphere Update Manager Server installation on the Windows server selected for VUM.
5. Once it's deployed, use the vSphere Web Client to create baselines and attach hosts and virtual machines to these baselines. The following screenshot provides an example of critical and non-critical host patch baselines associated with a group of hosts:

Critical and non-critical host patch baselines

6. Scan for updates and verify compliance with the attached baselines. The following screenshot displays a host in compliance with the attached critical and non-critical patch baselines:

Compliance example in VUM

7. Remediate the hosts or VMs that are not in compliance.