About The Vihostupdate Command-Line Utility; Update An Esx/Esxi Host Using Offline Bundles With The Vihostupdate Utility - VMware ESX 4.0 - INSTALLATION GUIDE UPDATE 1 Installation Manual

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About the vihostupdate Command-Line Utility

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vihostupdate
extensions such as VMkernel modules, drivers, and CIM providers.
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addresses one or more issues.
Towards the end of a release, bulletins include a large number of other bulletins. Bulletins are available in
offline bundles and in a depot with associated
If you use offline bundles, all patches and corresponding metadata are available as one ZIP file.
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If you use a depot, the
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The command supports querying installed software on a host, listing software in a patch, scanning for bulletins
that apply to a host, and installing all or some bulletins in the patch. You can specify a patch by using a bundle
ZIP file or a depot's metadata ZIP file.
supports
vihostupdate
download URL for the bundle or metadata file.
ESXi Host Using Offline Bundles with the vihostupdate Utility,"
the vSphere CLI is installed, use
Update an ESX/ESXi Host Using Offline Bundles with the vihostupdate
Utility
You can use the vihostupdate utility in conjunction with offline bundles or with a depot. This topic describes
the procedure using offline bundles.
Prerequisites
Before you can update or patch an ESX/ESXi host from the command line, you must have access to a machine
on which you can run the VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface (vSphere CLI). You can install the
vSphere CLI on your Microsoft Windows or Linux system or import the VMware vSphere Management
Assistant (vMA) virtual appliance onto your ESX/ESXi host. For information about importing or installing the
vSphere CLI, see the VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface Installation and Reference Guide.
Procedure
1 Power off any virtual machines that are running on the host and place the host into maintenance mode.
2 Find out which bulletins are applicable to the ESX/ESXi host.
Search an offline HTTP server:
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vihostupdate.pl --server
Search the local machine:
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vihostupdate.pl --server
The
--server
You can specify more than one bundle at the command line each time you run the command. For multiple
bundles, use a comma to separate the path and file name of the bundle. Do not include a space after the
comma.
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command applies software updates to ESX/ESXi hosts and installs and updates ESX/ESXi
on ESX 4.0/ESXi 4.0 hosts. Run
vihostupdate
utility is supported as well. It is for ESX only. See the Patch Management Guide.
command works with bulletins. Each bulletin consists of one or more vSphere bundles and
file points to metadata, which describes the location of the files.
metadata.zip
, , and
https:// http://
/local/depot/metadata.zip
<server> --scan --bundle http:// <webserver> /rollup.zip
<server> --scan --bundle <local_path> /rollup.zip
argument is the ESX/ESXi host name or IP address.
vihostupdate35
files.
metadata.zip
downloads. You can specify the protocols in the
ftp://
also supports local paths. See
vihostupdate
on page 68. To search a local depot where
without of the
on ESX 3.5/ESXi 3.5 hosts.
"Update an ESX/
parameter.
file:///
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