Leveraging a VM/VA baseline to remediate a VM/VA

In this recipe, we will walk through the steps to leverage a VM/VA baseline and use it to upgrade virtual hardware of a virtual machine.

How to do it...

 

1. Log in to vCenter and navigate to the target VM. Click on the Update Manager tab. Click on Attach Baseline... and then click on VM Hardware Upgrade to Match Host and OK to complete, as shown here:

2. Click on Scan for Updates... and note that object is marked as non-compliant, as shown here:

3. Click on Remediate and complete the wizard with default values.
4. Review the Ready to complete screen and click on Finish, as shown in the following screenshot:

5. Once the task is complete, notice that now the target VM is compliant:

How it works...

VUM allows for virtual machine hardware, tools, and virtual appliance upgrade by creating the relevant baselines. In the previous recipe, a VM that was imported from a vSphere 5.x hardware had an older virtual hardware. The predefined baseline validates the virtual hardware...