Command Line Description: Get help using the vmware umds command line tool
/usr/local/vmware-umds/bin/vmware-umds --helpResults:
Basic Commands:
-h [ --help ] Show this message
-D [ --download ] Download updates based on the current
configuration
-E [ --export ] Export all updates that have been
downloaded.
-I [ --import ] Import all the updates from a given
source location and merge to the UMDS
patch store
-R [ --re-download ] Re-download existing updates that may be
corrupted and download new updates. Use
this command only if you suspect UMDS
patch store is corrupted.
-S [ --set-config ] Setup UMDS configuration
-G [ --get-config ] Print current UMDS configuration
-v [ --version ] Print UMDS version
-i [ --info-level ] arg The level of information shown on the
console: <verbose|info>. Use this along
with download, export or re-download
operation only
-L [ --list-host-platforms ] List all suppported ESX platforms for
download
Optional argument for export:
-x [ --export-store ] arg Destination directory for export
operation (Overrides setting from
configuration)
Arguments for import:
-s [ --import-store ] arg Source patch store for import operation
-f [ --offline-bundle ] arg Offline zip bundle file for import
operation(absolute path)
Optional argument for download and re-download:
-m [ --only-metadata ] Download only metadata
Arguments for set-config:
-u [ --add-url ] arg Add a URL to the configuration for
downloading updates. Requires url-type
-r [ --url-type ] arg Type of URL: <HOST>, HOST for ESX 6.x
(HOST is the only supported type
currently). Use with add-url
-l [ --remove-url ] arg Remove URL from the configuration
-P [ --patch-store ] arg Configure location for storing updates
after download
-o [ --default-export-store ] arg Configure location for exporting updates
-p [ --proxy ] arg Configure proxy server settings. Format
is host:port. Use --proxy "" to disable
proxy
-Y [ --enable-host ] Enable ESX host update downloads for all
platforms
-N [ --disable-host ] Disable ESX host update downloads for all
platforms
-e [ --enable-host-platform ] arg Enable ESX host update downloads for
specified platforms. Specify multiple
platforms separated by whitespace
-d [ --disable-host-platform ] arg Disable ESX host update downloads for
specified platforms. Specify multiple
platforms separated by whitespace
-s [ --add-entitlement-token ] arg Add default URLs with entitlement token
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