Update Manager : Online depot for HP and Dell extensions

If you use Update Manager and have either HP or Dell hosts then this simple VUM configuration will save you from manually downloading VIB’s and importing them into your patch repository.

Switch to admin view, select configuration, download settings and add these two vendor URL’s into your list of download sources;

http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/index.xml ➡ New URL, effective 01/11/2015
http://vibsdepot.hp.com/index.xml
http://vmwaredepot.dell.com/index.xml

Repeat this for each download source, validate the URL, and once complete your configuration should look like this;

Now you can initiate a download task, and you should see the extensions in your patch repository (see examples below) which can be attached as needed. I use custom baselines to retain control of what get’s deployed.

Dell updates;

HP updates;

Update 22/10/2015;

Post updated to include the new HPE vibsdepot URL, credits go to EricB (see comments below);

“On November 1, 2015, HP vibsdepot will switch to a new host name of vibsdepot.hpe.com. Please replace any use of vibsdepot.hp.com to the new vibsdepot.hpe.com after November 1, 2015. HP vibsdepot will be referred to as HPE vibsdepot as of November 1, 2015”

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12 thoughts on “Update Manager : Online depot for HP and Dell extensions”

Steve K says:

July 31, 2013 at 11:25 pm

So is this still valid for Dell? I can’t seem to get the Dell URL to work. The HP URl works fine.

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1. Jon Munday says:
  
  August 2, 2013 at 1:46 pm
  
  Hi Steve,
  
  Yes, this Dell URL is still valid – I just tested it in my lab. Did you validate the URL and save your changes?
  
  Cheers,
  Jon
  
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vercingetorix says:

August 10, 2013 at 8:08 pm

One of those rare occurrences, when Google Search locates *exactly* what your are looking for on hit #1

Thanks.

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Colin says:

November 10, 2013 at 8:37 pm

Brilliant! Thank you!

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Emmanuel says:

May 20, 2014 at 10:53 pm

Thanks

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EricB says:

October 21, 2015 at 3:48 pm

FYI

New host name: On November 1, 2015, HP vibsdepot will switch to a new host name of vibsdepot.hpe.com. Please replace any use of vibsdepot.hp.com to the new vibsdepot.hpe.com after November 1, 2015. HP vibsdepot will be referred to as HPE vibsdepot as of November 1, 2015.

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1. Jon Munday says:
  
  October 22, 2015 at 9:26 pm
  
  Hi Eric,
  
  Thanks for the heads up, I’ll update the post to reflect this.
  
  Cheers,
  Jon
  
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Robert van den Nieuwendijk says:

April 19, 2016 at 6:55 pm

HPE has also a download source for drivers: http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/index-drv.xml

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Gerald Cherniwchan says:

February 22, 2017 at 4:37 pm

The Dell link is still good as of my testing/installation today.

http://vmwaredepot.dell.com/index.xml

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David says:

February 20, 2019 at 4:33 pm

Dell Repo seems to be down

http://vmwaredepot.dell.com/index.xml

result: Dell, Inc. DEL DEL-index.xml DEL

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david says:

February 27, 2019 at 7:25 pm

dell is now https
https://vmwaredepot.dell.com/index.xml

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Nuculeus says:

May 8, 2020 at 10:15 am

Save your time:
Dell Repo is almost useless, only OMSA Agent, nothing else there.
Still manual custom image import is required.

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