esxi patch

[baber]

Hi

i have a question about esxi patch

i have installed esxi 5.5 now if i install last patch for esxi 5.5 will it contail esxi 5.5 - update2  or not ?

best regards

babak

[CoolRam]

Yes It will there in the ESXi 5.5 Update 2 with the latest patch .

you  can run the command vmware -vl to check which update you are in.

[lvaibhavt]

you can also download the upgrade iso for update 2 and install it from the command line or from VUM

[baber]

thanks.

but just i want to know  i installed ESXI 5.5 and now if just install last patch for 5.5 is that enough?

or i have to install all patches and updates?

[lvaibhavt]

VMware vSphere 5: Private Cloud Computing, Server and Data Center Virtualization

you can download the offline update bundle and install update 2.

update 2 should have maximum updates installed/integrated in itself.

Once you have installed update 2 then you can check for updates

[baber]

thanks

but my main question is :

i have installed ESXI 5.5 now i have installed last patch for esxi 5.5 (ESXi550-201504001.zip) is this enough? or i have to install all patches and update ?

best regards

Babak

[lvaibhavt]

ssh to your host and run the command vmware -lv and paste the output here ....

you can check for the updates from VMware Update Manager

[yokiyoko]

You need only look at the build number in this list and you will know the Esxi Update.

VMware KB: Correlating VMware products build numbers to update levels

[baber]

this is my output :

~ # vmware -vl

VMware ESXi 5.5.0 build-1331820

VMware ESXi 5.5.0 GA

now if i install last vmware patch (ESXi550-201505002.zip) with this build number (2718055)  is that enough? this is contain all previous esxi patch or not ?

[CoolRam]

Yes after install the major verion like esxi5/6 you just need to patch the hoss to come to latest version in that series.

[CoolRam]

Yes it will contain all the previews patches in the ESXi5.5 Series.

[baber]

but sometimes for example one patch size is 600m but after this next patch release and is 360m size  secondpatch(360m size) contain first patch(600m) is that possible?

[Oppiliffo]

Hi, just my two cents, result of experience. This is how I manage to install update on ESXi:

If it's a new host then install last available customized ESXi image from vendor (HP, IBM, ...) if available.

If I just need to update an ESXi host (suppose the installed version is ESXi 5.5, build 1474528 - december 2013):

- search for the most recent update available (update-from-esxi5.5-5.5_update02, build 2068190 - september 2014) and install

- install the last availlable patch (ESXi550-201505002, build 2718055 - may 2015)

As you can see this last patch is a "big one" meaning it's cumulative and contains all the previous released VIBs.

If you consider the previous patch available (ESXi550-201504001, build 2638301, april 2015) you'll see it's a "little one" meaning it does not contain all the VIBs (VIBs Included = VMware:esx-base:5.5.0-2.58.2638301). So for example it doesn't contain tools light and cannot be considered a cumulative patch.

This is why I always install a "update-from-esxi5.5-5.5_updateXXX" (cumulative for sure) in the first step and then I analyze the following patch to choose what to install.

Try to imagine that the latest patch (ESXi550-201505002) actually doesn't exist, I would have installed:

1) update-from-esxi5.5-5.5_update02

2) ESXi550-201501001 (most recent big update)

3) ESXi550-201504001 (most recent little update)

[baber]

i understand these is this correct ?

1- if i installed esxi 5.5 u2 tha is enough just apply last patch

2- if i install esxi 5.5 first must  install update 2 then just install last patch ?

is this correct ?

[Oppiliffo]

1- if i installed esxi 5.5 u2 tha is enough just apply last patch = correct

2- if i install esxi 5.5 first must  install update 2 then just install last patch = It would probably be sufficient to install only the last patch. But as stated before I generally prefer to install as first step the U2.

It's not rocket science but it works!