

Below, an example of running the VSM script. Let’s look at running the LinuxVSM appliance in a typical fashion to pull from the My VMware catalog of products. Running the LinuxVSM Appliance to Download VMware Software To install the LinuxVSM package in your Linux installation, you simply run the install.sh script provided in the downloaded installer. Of course any Linux distro you choose, you want to run the normal package updates, etc before you begin installing the LinuxVSM package. jq (note for Ubuntu 18.04, I had to add the repository (sudo add-apt-repository universe).The dependencies that you need to install are: Installing LinuxVSM dependencies in Ubuntu 18.04 Server I have taken a screen clip of those dependencies. There are a few dependencies you need to install in Ubuntu 18.04 to install and run the appliance. In the home lab, I am using an installation of Ubuntu 18.04 Server to host the LinuxVSM appliance. You can download all software in a certain product line/required software.You can schedule software updates and software downloads.


Granted, I am not a UI guy and the experience is most likely as good as it can be made to be for the number of products that are available, versions, patches, and so forth. If you have ever dealt with downloading software from VMware and the website, it can be a painful experience to find what you need, download the components, etc.
