Esxi Patch Stage Location

  



VMware is releasing patches for their products regular basis to keep the product more stable and secure, some. vSphere 6.7 has released few months back and VMware released 3 patches for this version, also they have released vSphere 6.7 Update 1 . As we know, Update or patching is easy if you have internet connectivity to your vCenter and if you don’t have Internet Connection VMware is given another option offline method. In this post, I will be sharing how you can perform Update or patching of vCenter Server Offline , here we performing updating VCSA 6.7 to 6.7 Update 1 .

  1. Esxi Patch Stage Location Code
  2. Vmware Patches Esxi
  3. Esxi Patch Stage Location Diagram
  4. Esxi Patch Stage Locations
  5. How To Patch Esxi Host

Esxi Patch Stage Location Code

This process required only four steps Download Patches , Mount the Patches (ISO) , Check for Patches and Initiate Stage & Install

Download vCenter Server Patch

You can Download the Patched from VMware product patches page – https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/patch#search

  1. To stage patches or extensions to ESXi hosts, you need the Stage Patches and Extensions privilege. For more information about managing users, groups, roles, and permissions, see vCenter Server and Host Management. For a list of Update Manager privileges and their.
  2. (Optional) Deselect the patches and extensions to exclude from the stage operation. (Optional) To search within the list of patches and extensions, type a search criteria in the text box in the upper-right corner. Review the Ready to Complete page, and click Finish.
  3. Jun 04, 2015 We have setup ESXi 6.0 host ( build 2494585). Installed VUM ( update manager) as well. There is a new build 2715440 for ESXi 6.0 in their website. When we click 'Download patches and upgrades', it completes a task and when we go to compliance view, both 'Stage' and 'Remediate' options are greyed out. What might be the reason?
Esxi Patch Stage Location
  • Open a Web browser and browse the web page mentioned above
  • Select the drop-down menu with VC > Select 6.7 > Click the checkbox and download the latest file.

On the Baseline Selection page of the Stage wizard, select the patch and extension baselines to stage. Select the hosts where patches and extensions to download, and click Next. If you select to stage patches and extensions to a single host, it is selected by default. Staging patches and extensions is an optional step that can reduce the time during which hosts are in maintenance mode. Staging patches and extensions to hosts that are running ESX/ESXi 4.0 or later lets you download the patches and extensions from the Update Manager server to the ESX/ESXi hosts without applying the patches or extensions.

Attach Update / Patch ISO to vCenter Server VM

Login to vCenter Server > Select VCSA VM > Attach the ISO and Connect

Note :- ISO can be uploaded the datastore visible by ESXi host or to vSphere content library for this Procedure

How to Check for Updates

  • Login to vCenter VAMI UI

You can Login to VAMI UI by https://IP_or_FQDN:5480

  • Navigate to Update > Check Updates > Check CD-ROM + URL

Note:- This option will allow you to check update from internet and local ISO mounted to vCenter .If you don’t have access to internet, mount the ISO to vCenter from Webclient, Check CD-ROM option will check the update only from mounted ISO .

Patch VMware vCSA 6.7

Click the Pre-upgrade checks option highlighted within the darker blue area and in a while you can see the pre-upgrade check as Passed .

Vmware Patches Esxi

Click the Stage and Install link (button) to initiate the update process.

Accept the EULA and Click Next

Next screen is Join CEIP and default it will be checked , leave as default and click Next

Next Screen to confirm that you have the Backup of vCenter Server , if you have not backed up then there is option “go to backups”

to take a backup of vCenter

Click on Finish to start the update process

Next screen is the staging process during which all the patches are copied inside of the appliance

After some time the screen changes and the installation starts.

This installation is a long process and it will take more time , as you can see one of above screen shot shows estimates downtime 141 Minutes . After all update you can login to vCenter and verify the status and Build number .

vCenter Patch / Update from CLI – Offline Method

This is alternate method we can use to perform offline update using same ISO file we downloaded .

Mount the Downloaded ISO to VCSA VM

Log in to the VCSA appliance shell as root and run below commands

Offline patching is the feasible option for environments doesn’t have internet access . You can download the .zip file of the patch / update and perform update that also an offline method but this is the easy one compare to that .

How to Query and Remove ESXi Host Patches via CLI Command

Esxi Patch Stage Location Diagram

The following commands are used to query installed packages and remove ESXi Host installed packages. Use the vSphere CLI to query the target host for installed bundles. vihostupdate.pl

Esxi Patch Stage Locations

Command for querying installed Patches on ESXi Host.

How To Patch Esxi Host

Command Syntax (-q can be used instead of query)

Command for Removing installed Patch from ESXi Host.

Command Syntax (-r and -b can be used instead of remove and bulletin) http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vcli/vcli41/doc/reference/(Examples can be found here)