Installation steps

• Download from http://www.vmts.net/VMTSPatchManager/ the VMTSPatchManager.msi installation file and run it
  
  

• Select the destination folder
  
  
  
• Start the installation
  
  
  
• Congratulation you finish the setup wizard
  
  
  
  
• Now go to Start and find on start menu VMTS Patch Manager and launch it
  
  
  
• Now you are ready for the VMTS Patch Manager Wizard
  click Next
  
  
  
• Here, you can define the default user allowed to connect to your ESX server.
  You can choose to use the root user or another one.
  You are not enforced to use a default use, instead you can choose to use a user and a password for each server.
  Note: If you choose a non root user all ssh session will be done from the specified user, followed by su - command, so you have to digit the root password also
  
  
  
  
• You have to set your IP address from the combo box, you can choose the automatic startup also.
  
  
  
  
  
• Now the most important setting, the proxy configuration, here you can choose between ----Autodetect: use the wpad dns record
  -Manually: you set the proxy address
  -No Proxy:  direct connection
  -Use IE configuration: use the default IE configuration
  Note: Use IE Configuration and Autodetect doesn't keep user and password settings, you can use it only if your proxy support NTML settings or your proxy doesn't require authentication
  
  
  
  
• Congratulation you just finish the wizard, now you continue with the Virtual Center logon
  
  
  
  
• Well done now try to connect to your Virtual Center
  Note: your account have to be an administrator
  
  
  
• Now you are connected.
  On your left you can see your ESX host on the right the ESX patch installed on your host
  Note: you have to click the update button before you can see something like this.
  
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