How to tell if certain patches apply to my installations???

[kkramer38]

How can I tell if a certain patch applies to my installation? Meaning, is there somewhere I can go into VUM or vCenter to see if the patch has already been applied?

I am going off of the build number to correlate to the patches that have been applied, but how can I tell if older patches have been applied?

[Troy_Clavell · Accepted solution]

if you have access to the console through PuTTY, DCUI or Remote, you can issue the below command

~ # esxupdate query
--Bulletin ID--- -----Installed----- -------------Summary-------------
ESXi410-Update02 2011-12-07T19:30:47 VMware ESXi 4.1 Complete Update 2
~ #