Thursday, September 18, 2008

Updating ESXi

Theres no gui update?!?!  Wassup with that? After all the update file comes in a nice little zip file all packaged up already.   Well heres the command to do it but you will have to go download the VMware Infrastructure Remote CLI tool from vmware and install it.

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VI Remote CLI\bin>vihostupdate.pl --server 10.0.200.70  -i -b c:\tmp\txt\VMware_ESXi_bug_fix_for_expire\ESXe350-200807812-O-BG.zip

Oh and you can go download and check for updates from here:  http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/download/

So far there are 2 patches that I know you will need for the ESXi:
  1. ESXe350-200807812-O-BG.zip
  2. ESXe350-200808201-O-UG.zip
And you have to install them in this order also.  Dont forget a reboot is required after each one!

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