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2 Replies Last post: May 22, 2009 11:28 AM by kjb007
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upgrading *.tgz and *.zip

May 22, 2009 9:16 AM

Click to view rotoflex01's profile Novice rotoflex01 20 posts since
Dec 14, 2006
Hi All,

I have ESX 3.5 and 3.0.2. I need to upgrade a software vim, bind, openssl.


Why on 3.0.2 is using extension *.tgz? And on 3.5 is using *.zip.


How do I upgrade the two extension? What I know from the documentation is to do below?


mkdir /var/updates
mv <updatename>.tar.gz /var/updates
cd /var/updates
tar -xvzf <updatename>.tar.gz
cd <updatename>


But that's a *.tar.gz. Is *.tgz the same as *.tar.gz? And on the *.zip. Just unzip the file and do below.


esxupdate -r file:/var/updates/<updatename> update

And any last word for openssl upgrade on an ESX vmware center. Any comments like reboot console or reboot server.

Please help, thanks.

Reply Re: upgrading *.tgz and *.zip May 22, 2009 9:00 AM
Click to view COdlk's profile Hot Shot COdlk 151 posts since
May 7, 2009

you are correct. A filename.tar.gz is the same as filename.tgz

Take a look at this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(file_format)

david

Reply Re: upgrading *.tgz and *.zip May 22, 2009 11:28 AM
Click to view kjb007's profile Guru kjb007 5,476 posts since
Sep 18, 2006
For .zip files, you want to use unzip. Then follow your normal process.

-KjB
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