tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post7451482593400719494..comments2023-11-01T18:25:49.063+01:00Comments on VMware Front Experience: How to use the ESXi Patch Tracker to update ESXiAndreas Peetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-37016565907053151762016-11-02T08:20:36.740+01:002016-11-02T08:20:36.740+01:00Hi Juan,
yes, the "esxcli sofware profile up...Hi Juan,<br /><br />yes, the "esxcli sofware profile update" command will preserve the custom driver. I did this upgrade before without any issues.<br /><br />Andreas<br />Andreas Peetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-11883893896872798662016-10-31T18:20:28.233+01:002016-10-31T18:20:28.233+01:00Hi Andreas, can I upgrade to version 6.0u2 from a ...Hi Andreas, can I upgrade to version 6.0u2 from a 5.5 with custom drivers (realtek nic)?<br />Will the upgrade keep the drivers?Juan Ochoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09924879463430570597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-4248481841692293482016-05-27T23:16:02.847+02:002016-05-27T23:16:02.847+02:00Very nice automatic option to copy information to ...Very nice automatic option to copy information to the paste buffer!JohnOCFIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08510181724765634783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-43715346537330454902016-02-25T12:09:51.728+01:002016-02-25T12:09:51.728+01:00Woops, I completely made a typo error, apologies! ...Woops, I completely made a typo error, apologies! Not sure why I wrote anything about ESXi 6, when I was ranting about 5.5...<br /><br />What I meant to write is that I can't tell if the latest 5.5.0 Express Patch 10 also includes Express Patch 9. If I use the vmware depot and consult your matrix, it looks like each of these patches updates the esx-base VIB. It should make sense that if both update esx-base, then the later Express Patch 10 should include Express Patch 9, right? <br /><br />To make matters more confusing, I asked VMWare Support the same question, but their answer makes me think the representative didn't know what they were talking about, and I quote: "Express patches released post major update needs to be installed separately." - which makes zero sense to me if I were to use the PowerCLI method I outlined above.<br /><br />The link you posted above does clear it up, and helps me confirm my suspicions. The keywords are "patch bundles" which makes total sense now.<br /><br />Thank you sir!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13059807879726565258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-632936274181910132016-02-25T08:32:28.330+01:002016-02-25T08:32:28.330+01:00Your process for updating stateless/Autodeploy hos...Your process for updating stateless/Autodeploy hosts is correct, but the current ESXi 5.5 patch bundle is ESXi-5.5.0-20160204001-standard.<br /><br />I'm not sure what you mean with referring ESXi 6.0 EP 1. An ESXi 6.0 patch cannot be included in ESXi 5.5 (and vice versa).<br /><br />However, ESXi (5.x/6.x) patch bundles are cumulative inside the same version. So the latest ESXi 5.5 Imageprofile includes all patches that were released before with earlier ESXi 5.5 Imageprofiles. For a more detailed explanation see my blog post <a href="http://www.v-front.de/2012/11/are-esxi-5x-patches-cumulative.html" rel="nofollow">Are ESXi 5.x/6.x patches cumulative?</a>.<br />Andreas Peetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-34845398206475834892016-02-24T13:34:48.483+01:002016-02-24T13:34:48.483+01:00Nice ... thanks for sharing!Nice ... thanks for sharing!Andreas Peetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-86818651381413653942016-02-24T13:26:26.445+01:002016-02-24T13:26:26.445+01:00I run the following to always get the latest avail...I run the following to always get the latest available imageprofile:<br />LATESTVER=`esxcli software sources profile list -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml |grep "ESXi-6.....[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9].standard" |sort | tail -1 | awk '{ print $1}'`<br />echo $LATESTVER<br />esxcli software profile update -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml -p $LATESTVER<br /><br />Del Pierohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10096227768576353274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-91626556883249021952016-02-24T12:44:11.838+01:002016-02-24T12:44:11.838+01:00Is there any benefit of these articles for statele...Is there any benefit of these articles for stateless booted ESXi hosts? I have not found much information on best methods to keep my ESXi 5.5 hosts updated. <br /><br />The best I've come up with is to just document how I customize my image profiles, and when a new release comes out, to start with that version then apply my documented VIB customizations.<br /><br />Example: use PowerCLI and connect to https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml, select the latest ESXi 5.5 patch release, which at the time of writing this comment is ESXi-5.5.0-20141204001-standard. Take a clone of this image profile, then apply VIB customizations.<br /><br />Its not entirely clear to me if ESXi-5.5.0-20141204001-standard includes ESXi 6.0 Express Patch 1, which is listed as the previous build release, as per https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014508. VMWare Support was not exactly helpful. I'm assuming 20141204001 should include the previous patches, but can anyone help me confirm this via a KB article or something else?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13059807879726565258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-43970513929407731022016-02-23T10:13:30.494+01:002016-02-23T10:13:30.494+01:00Thank you very much !!!
I was not sure maintenance...Thank you very much !!!<br />I was not sure maintenance mode was useful for standalone hosts but i wasn't able to find any detailed information of what maintenance mode was exactly doing.<br /><br />Now i have a detailed answer and i will ignore maintenance mode on all my standalone hosts... Thank you very much !!!Jayce Pielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02662449843518420257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-82621434018176027542016-02-23T10:06:52.907+01:002016-02-23T10:06:52.907+01:00Hi Jayce,
that is advisable when the host is mana...Hi Jayce,<br /><br />that is advisable when the host is managed by vCenter and part of a DRS-enabled cluster. Switching to maintenance mode will then evacuate the host by moving all running VMs to other hosts in the cluster.<br /><br />A standalone host will not be able to successfully enter maintenance mode until you *manually* power off (or suspend) all VMs. That means with standalone hosts entering maintenance mode is neither needed nor helpful.<br /><br />For standalone hosts you should rather look into the "VM Autostart/shutdown" feature of ESXi. This can automatically shut down VMs when ESXi goes down and power them on again when it comes up. Using the feature is not related and does not require maintenance mode.<br /><br />AndreasAndreas Peetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918778845056237847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-37953495730409229712016-02-19T08:20:10.488+01:002016-02-19T08:20:10.488+01:00Question. Isn't it needed/advisable to switch ...Question. Isn't it needed/advisable to switch to maintenance mode before installing this updates ?Jayce Pielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02662449843518420257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-23227924196639513732016-02-10T23:43:26.854+01:002016-02-10T23:43:26.854+01:00So awesome. Thank you very much for the time and e...So awesome. Thank you very much for the time and effort you put in to this!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11721917896066948482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-65351994854444092362016-02-02T06:17:33.987+01:002016-02-02T06:17:33.987+01:00Nice tool Andreas :)Nice tool Andreas :)Raegedochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614811842641971545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-84335070283382692702016-02-02T06:17:16.438+01:002016-02-02T06:17:16.438+01:00Nice tool Andreas :)Nice tool Andreas :)Raegedochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614811842641971545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059874241017858476.post-22719548540326133592016-02-01T02:45:54.496+01:002016-02-01T02:45:54.496+01:00Cool! The patch tracker page does big help!Cool! The patch tracker page does big help!kuanhungchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328229786246458367noreply@blogger.com