Where to download the VMware Host Update Utility for vSphere 5

[zhangfred_vm]

Dear Friends,

Where to download the VMware Host Update Utility for vSphere 5 ?

Is the utility avaiable for the vSphere 4.1 and vSphere 5?

thanks.

[nava_thulasi39]

Hi,

Host Update Utility is no more in vsphere 5.

It's been removed from vsphere 4.1

[UmeshAhuja]

Hi,

The host update utility was removed from the vSphere client when ESXi 4.1 was  released

But there is outside method for doing the same

Try using SSH to connect to the ESXi host and run from there. Copy the hp  offline bundle to a datastore or use scp to copy to /tmp on the esxi host

esxcli software vib install -d /tmp/hp-esxi5.0uX-bundle-1.0-20.zip

or

esxcli software vib install -d  /vmfs/volumes/datastore/hp-esxi5.0uX-bundle-1.0-20.zip

The installation instructions for the HP offline bundle are shown on the HP  site where you downloaded the bundle. Click the link for the offline bundle not  the Download button and the instructions are on the installation tab.

Copied from the HP website

1. Power off any virtual machines that are running on the host and place the  host into maintenance mode.

2. Transfer the offline bundle onto the ESXi host local path, or extract it  onto an online depot.

3. Install the bundle on the ESXi host.

• Install remotely from client, with offline bundle contents on a online  depot:
      esxcli -s <server> -u root -p mypassword software vib  install -d <depotURL/bundle-index.xml>
• Install remotely from client, with offline bundle on ESXi host:
       esxcli -s <server> -u root -p mypassword software vib install -d <ESXi  local path><bundle.zip>
• Install from ESXi host, with offline bundle on ESXi host:
      esxcli  software vib install -d <ESXi local path><bundle.zip>

4. After the bundle is installed, reboot the ESXi host for the updates to  take effect.

5. (Optional) Verify that the vibs on the bundle are installed on your ESXi  host.

esxcli -s <server> -u root -p mypassword  software vib list

6. (Optional) Remove individual vibs.  <vib name> can be identified by  listing the vibs as shown in #5.

esxcli -s <server> -u root -p mypassword  software vib remove -n <vib name>

[nava_thulasi39]

Hi  UmeshAhuja,

Is it something about installing hp offline bundle?

[Asteroza]

One trick might be to remove any 4.1/5.0 vSphere clients, then reinstall the 4.0 client, which installs the update utility. The 4.0 update utility seems to still work correctly for 4.1 and 5.0. After installing the 4.0 client, go ahead and reinstall the 4.1 and 5.0 cleints without uninstalling the 4.0 client, and the update utility should remain...

Update:

It seems that you should be able to just do a direct install of the 4.0 client and select the Host Update Utility for installation, without uninstalling the 4.1/5 clients. However, it appears ESXi-5.0-Update1 broke compatibility with the old Host Update Utility. At the very least, it will no longer support scanning for patches. Guess it's back to doing things by hand...

Message was edited by: Asteroza