I don't have any experience with doing a major version upgrade using it, but most people use Update Manager to update their ESX hosts and nothing else. In testing, updating Windows boxes worked, but ...

CISA has flagged a critical VMware vCenter Server vulnerability as actively exploited and ordered U.S. federal agencies to secure their servers within three weeks.

To move on with the next phase of my migration, I needed a diagram from the VMware Virtual Infrastructure Navigator (VIN) showing the way vCenter is a central connectivity point for any VMware vCloud ...

If you haven't given a good look at the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) since version 5.5, it's time to do so. The vCSA has a good use case and increased scale compared to previous editions.