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How to Patch/Update ESX Server Host

August 13, 2008 by John Tran · Leave a Comment 

The VMWare date bug fix has just been released and I’m sure most Admins will be glad that its all over. However, if you’re new to VMWare and you want to know how to install an update without using the VMWare Update Manager then here are some simple steps you can follow.

  1. Download WinSCP if you don’t already have the application installed.
  2. Launch WinSCP and input the hostname/IP Address and username and password
  3. This will launch an explorer window.  Create a directory named updates under the var directory
  4. Then move the extracted files to \var\updates directory
  5. On the host login into the service console.
  6. Navigate to \var\updates\(directory name of update) – case sensitive
  7. To navigate you can use the cd \var\updates\(directory name of update) command.
  8. once you’re in the correct directory where the updates are copied run esxupdates update
  9. Your updates should now be installed.

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