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How To Patch vSphere 5 ESXi Without Update Manager (thanks @ccolotti)

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/02/11

So I won’t forget: How To Patch vSphere 5 ESXi Without Update Manager.

It describes how to:

  1. enable SSH on your ESXi host
  2. download the patches directly from the VMware Patch Portal
  3. copy them to on your ESXi host using an SCP compatible tool (FileZilla or WinSCP will do fine) to a mounted data store (the ESXi image will be tool small for it)
  4. collect to the ESXi console using SSH
  5. run this esxcli command:
    esxcli software vib install -d /vmfs/volumes/[DATASTORE]/[PATCH_FILE].zip
  6. Remove the patch file from the datastore after patching

Thanks Chris Colotti for publishing this!

–jeroen

via How To Patch vSphere 5 ESXi Without Update Manager • Chris Colotti’s Blog.

This entry was posted on 2013/02/11 at 06:00 and is filed under ESXi5, Power User, VMware, VMware ESXi. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “How To Patch vSphere 5 ESXi Without Update Manager (thanks @ccolotti)”

  1. More ESXi5 installation steps « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of stuff said

    2013/06/10 at 06:02

    […] at the ESX CLI, enter this command (change the path of the VIB file when needed) similar to How To Patch vSphere 5 ESXi Without Update Manager: “esxcli software vib install -v […]

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  2. gabr42's avatar

    gabr42 said

    2013/02/11 at 08:02

    Did this just the last week :)

    Reply

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