My colleague would setup baselines based on the date they were released. So he would set:
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Select Lifecycle Manager
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Go to the Baselines tab.
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Click New | Baseline.
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Enter name.
Example: ESXi 7.0u3p Patch Level
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Enter Description.
Example: Patch the ESXi hosts to 7.0u3p
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Click the Content \ Patch radio button.
Click Next.
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Ensure "Automatically update this baseline with patches that match the following criteria" is checked.
Set the Release Date | On or before date to that which matches the intended patch release date from above, which for 7.0u3p is 05/03/2024(5th March 2024).
Click Next.
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In the "Add patches manually" dialog, do not select anything.
Click Next.
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Click Finish.
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My preferred way to do it is to set "Automatically update this baseline...." to unchecked and manually add the patch, say patch 7.0u3p. However it seems I have to also include the Host Security Patches, Critical Host Patches and Non-Critical Host Patches into my patching cycle. If I wanted to include all of the above in one baseline, it seems that I have to set "Automatically update this baseline...." to Checked and set the "On or before" date to 15th July 2025.
What's the preferred method?
vCenter 7.0u3 build 24322018