In vSphere 7, vSphere Lifecycle Manager (VLM) enhances the functionality that vSphere Update Manager (VUM) provided in previous vSphere releases. It adds features for managing the ESXi host life cycle at the cluster level. vSphere Lifecycle Manager is a service that runs in vCenter Server. After deploying vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), you can access the VLM user interface in the HTML5-based vSphere Client.
Below are the functions for vSphere Update Manager and vSphere Lifecycle Manager:
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