Edit SOAP and HTTP port settings in Update Manager 5.1

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

In Update Manager 5.1 network ports are configured during installation, and later the SOAP port and HTTP port settings cannot be edited through the Update Manager client, and must be edited manually.

To see the current SOAP port and HTTP port settings Update Manager uses to connect to the vCenter Server, go to Update Manager Admin View, click the Configuration tab, and under Settings, click Network Connectivity.

Environment

VMware vCenter Update Manager 5.1.x

Resolution

To manually update the SOAP port number in Update Manager 5.1, perform the following steps:

1. On the Windows machine where Update Manager is installed, go to the Update Manager server installation directory.
   The default location in 64-bit Windows is C:\Program Files(x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Update Manager
2. Update the SOAP port in vci-integrity.xml file.
   • Open the vci-integrity.xml file with an XML editor, and search for soapPort. The soapPort is available at the following path:
     Config/plugins/ufa_agent/soapPort.
   • Update the soapPort number with the port number you want to use.
3. Update SOAP port in extension.xml file.
   • Search for the healthUrl tag and update the SOAP number in that url.
   • Update the port number in the config/extension/servers/server/url with type tag as SOAP.
4. Run the following command to register Update Manager server to the vCenter server:
   vciInstallUtils.exe -v <<vc-ip>> -p <<vc-port>> -U <<user-name>> -P <<password>> -S extension.xml -C . -L . -O extupdate
5. Update SOAP port in Windows Registry Editor
   • Click Start > Run, type regedit.exe, and press Enter.
   • From the list of services, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Wow6432Node/VMware, Inc./VMware Update Manager folder.
   • Update the soapPort value in VMware Update Manager folder
6. Restart the VMware vCenter Update Manager service.
   • Click Start > Run, type services.msc, and press Enter.
   • From the list of services, right-click VMware vSphere Update Manager Service.
   • Click Restart and wait for the service to restart.

To manually update the HTTP port number in Update Manager 5.1, perform the following steps:

1. On the Windows machine where Update Manager is installed, go to the Update Manager server installation directory.
   The default location in 64-bit Windows is C:\Program Files(x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Update Manager
2. Update the HTTP port in vci-integrity.xml file.
   • Open the vci-integrity.xml file with an XML editor, and search for webServerPort. The webServerPort is available at the following path:
     Config>plugins>ufa_agent>webServerPort.
   • Update the webServerPort number with the port number you want to use.
3. Update HTTP port in extension.xml.
   • Search for the healthUrl tag and update the port number in that url.
   • Update the port number in the config/extension/clients/client/url with type tag as win32.
4. Run the following command to register Update Manager server to the vCenter server:
   vciInstallUtils.exe -v <<vc-ip>> -p <<vc-port>> -U <<user-name>> -P <<password>> -S extension.xml -C . -L . -O extupdate
5. Update HTTP port in Windows Registry Editor
   • Click Start > Run, type regedit.exe, and press Enter.
   • From the list of services, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Wow6432Node/VMware, Inc./VMware Update Manager folder.
   • Update the WebPort value in VMware Update Manager folder.
6. Restart the VMware vCenter Update Manager service.
   • Click Start > Run, type services.msc, and press Enter.
   • From the list of services, right-click VMware vSphere Update Manager Service.
   • Click Restart and wait for the service to restart.