When triyng to scan og remediate hosts, you may get errors saying that hosts cannot be updated in the event log, but nothing more, a quick and easy fix is to reset the update manage db and the patch store:
Cautions: The following is a destructive task. Ensure you have working backups and/or snapshots of the vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 before proceeding.
- Connect to vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 via SSH
- Run the shell command to switch to the BASH Shell:
shell
- Stop the VMware Update Manager Service:
service-control –stop vmware-updatemgr
- Run the following command to reset the VMware Update Manager Database:
/usr/lib/vmware-updatemgr/bin/updatemgr-util reset-db
- Run the following Command to delete the contents of the VMware Update Manager Patch Store:
rm -rf /storage/updatemgr/patch-store/*
- Start the VMware Update Manager Service:
service-control –start vmware-updatemgr
Note: You may need to log out and log back into any instances of the vSphere Web Client.
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