Hello,
This will help you add patch to a image profile for autodeploy.
In this example the patch will for be for OpenSSL Heartbleed.
#First add the esx software depot for vmware-fdm (high high availability module) and the actual offline bundle and the patch and rqueried more modules (vxlan,vcd-agent and etc)
Connect-VIServer ip or name # connect vc
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot http://ip_or name_of_vc:80/vSphere-HA-depot # add vmware-fdm
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot E:\enter_path\ESXi550-201404001.zip # add patch heartbleed VMware KB: VMware ESXi 5.5, Patch Release ESXi550-201404001
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot E:\tenter_path\update-from-esxi5.5-5.5_update01.zip # add offline bundle
Get-EsxSoftwareDepot # you should get a similar output like below
Depot Url
---------
http://ip_of_vc/vSphere-HA-depot/index.xml
zip:E:\temp1\autod\ESXi550-201404001.zip?index.xml
zip:E:\temp1\autod\update-from-esxi5.5-5.5_update01.zip?index.xml
# Then
Get-EsxImageProfile | ft -a
Name Vendor Last Modified Acceptance Level
---- ------ ------------- ----------------
ESXi-5.5.0-20140302001-no-tools VMware, Inc. 2/22/2014 2:15:14 AM PartnerSupported
ESXi-5.5.0-20140301001s-standard VMware, Inc. 2/22/2014 2:15:14 AM PartnerSupported
ESXi-5.5.0-20140301001s-no-tools VMware, Inc. 2/22/2014 2:15:14 AM PartnerSupported
ESXi-5.5.0-20140404001-no-tools VMware, Inc. 4/15/2014 9:23:30 PM PartnerSupported
ESXi-5.5.0-20140302001-standard VMware, Inc. 2/22/2014 2:15:14 AM PartnerSupported
ESXi-5.5.0-20140404001-standard VMware, Inc. 4/15/2014 9:23:30 PM PartnerSupported
Create a new esx image profile
New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile ESXi-5.5.0-20140302001-standard -Name E-5.5.0-20140302001 -Vendor "VMware, Inc."
Get-EsxImageProfile | ft -a # the image profile will appear now
Name Vendor Last Modified Acceptance Level
---- ------ ------------- ----------------
ESXi-5.5.0-20140302001-no-tools VMware, Inc. 2/22/2014 2:15:14 AM PartnerSupported
ESXi-5.5.0-20140301001s-standard VMware, Inc. 2/22/2014 2:15:14 AM PartnerSupported
ESXi-5.5.0-20140301001s-no-tools VMware, Inc. 2/22/2014 2:15:14 AM PartnerSupported
ESXi-5.5.0-20140404001-no-tools VMware, Inc. 4/15/2014 9:23:30 PM PartnerSupported
E-5.5.0-20140302001 VMware, Inc. 6/26/2014 12:52:45 PM PartnerSupported
ESXi-5.5.0-20140302001-standard VMware, Inc. 2/22/2014 2:15:14 AM PartnerSupported
ESXi-5.5.0-20140404001-standard VMware, Inc. 4/15/2014 9:23:30 PM PartnerSupported
# now view
(Get-EsxImageProfile E-5.5.0-20140302001).viblist
or like that
(Get-EsxImageProfile E-5.5.0-20140302001).viblist | where {$_.name -eq "vmware-fdm" }
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile E-5.5.0-20140302001 -SoftwarePackage "esx-base" , "vmware-fdm"
New-DeployRule -Name deploy_rule_name -item E-5.5.0-20140302001, Cluster_name -Pattern "ipv4=ip_range_patt"
# or copy like that
Copy-DeployRule source_deployrule -name enter_name_for_deploy_rule -ReplaceItem host_profile -ReplacePattern "vendor==HP","ipv4=x.x.x.x-x.x.x.x"
Add-DeployRule name_of_deploy_rule
# check if active
Get-DeployRuleSet -Active
