Getting Started With Windows Server Update Services; Making Vcm Aware Of The Wsus Server - VMware VCENTER CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.3 Getting Started Manual

Getting Started with Windows Server
Update Services

Getting Started with Windows Server Update Services

VCM for Windows Server Update Services (VCM for WSUS) provides continuous enterprise-wide OS,
application, and security configuration management of Microsoft WSUS client components.
To use VCM for WSUS, follow these steps.
1. Make VCM aware of your WSUS Servers.
2. Perform WSUS Server collections.
3. Perform WSUS Client collections.
4. Explore WSUS collection results.

Making VCM Aware of the WSUS Server

In order for your WSUS Servers to be available for VCM collections, they must first be discovered and
licensed in VCM. If you have already discovered and licensed these servers during your initial Discovery,
you can proceed directly to
To determine whether your WSUS Servers have been discovered and licensed, and are therefore available
for WSUS Collections, follow these steps.
1. Click Administration | Machines Manager | Licensed Machines | Licensed Windows Machines.
View the data grid to locate your WSUS Servers.
If all WSUS Servers that you want to manage are present in VCM, and therefore are licensed,
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proceed to
If you cannot locate your WSUS Servers in this data grid, they are not currently licensed. To
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determine whether they have been discovered and are available for licensing, proceed to the
next step.
2. Click Administration | Machines Manager | Available Machines | Available Windows Machines.
View the data grid to locate your WSUS Servers.
If all WSUS Servers that you want to manage are present, they have been discovered, but must
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be licensed in order to make them available for WSUS collections. Refer to
Machines" on page 59
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"Performing WSUS Server Collections" on page 236
"Performing WSUS Server Collections" on page
for instructions on how to license these machines.
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