After you install and configure the Update Manager Download Service (UMDS) on a physical machine with Internet access, you can add the UMDS depot to Depot Manager. Only one UMDS depot can be added at a time to Depot Manager. When you add a UMDS depot, its content is not immediately synchronized. To synchronize the content of the UMDS depots, you must

use the

POST https://

<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>

/api/esx/settings/depots?action=sync&vmw-task=true

request

or wait for the scheduled synchronization to take place.

To add a UMDS depot,

use the

PUT https://

<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>

/api/esx/settings/depots/umds

request and submit a

Umds.SetSpec

JSON object in the request body.

. The UMDS specification must contain the URI location to the

index.xml

file of the depot. Optionally, you can set a description and indicate whether the depot must be enabled. By enabling the UMDS depot, you instruct Depot Manager to synchronize only the content that is available on that depot.

You can always edit the initial UMDS depot settings, by

using the

PATCH https://

<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>

/api/esx/settings/depots/umds

request and submit a

Umds.UpdateSpec

JSON object in the request body.

To retrieve information about the currently configured UMDS depot, use the

GET https://

<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>

/api/esx/settings/depots/umds

request

. You can remove a currently configured UMDS depot and all its downloaded content from Depot Manager by

using the

DELETE https://

<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>

/api/esx/settings/depots/umds?vmw-task=true

request.