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patching host with powercli update manager

Trying to patch a host using powercli. DRS is disabled

connect-viserver vc

$myhost = host

#move vms off host manually

get-cluster | get-vmhost $myhost | move-vm -location (get-vmhost | get-random)

# put host in maintenance

set-vmhost $myhost -state maintenance

$mybaseline = get-baseline -Name "Critical Host Patches (predefined)", "Non-Critical Host Patches (Predefined)"


#attach baseline to host

Attach-Baseline -Baseline $mybaseline -Entity myhost

#scan host

Scan-Inventory -Entity myhost -Confirm:$false

$compliance = Get-Compliance -Entity $myhost -Detailed

$compliance.notcompliantpatches shows

PowerCLI C:\> $compliance.notcompliantpatches | ft -auto

Name                              Product             Release Date         Seve

                                                                           rity

----                              -------             ------------         ----

Updates esx-base                  {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 4/7/2015 1:00:00 AM  C...

Updates esx-base                  {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 5/8/2015 1:00:00 AM  C...

Updates tools-light               {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 5/8/2015 1:00:00 AM  C...

Updates net-ixgbe                 {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 5/8/2015 1:00:00 AM  C...

Updates ESXi 5.5 esx-base vib     {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 9/16/2015 1:00:00 AM C...

VMware ESXi 5.5 Complete Update 3 {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 9/16/2015 1:00:00 AM C...

Updates esx-base                  {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 10/6/2015 1:00:00 AM C...

Cisco VIC Ethernet NIC Driver.    {embeddedEsx 5.*}   8/5/2014 1:27:04 AM  I...

Updates esx-base                  {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 4/30/2015 1:00:00 AM I...

Updates esx-base                  {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 5/8/2015 1:00:00 AM  I...

Updates misc-drivers              {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 5/8/2015 1:00:00 AM  I...

Updates ESXi 5.5 esx-base vib     {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 9/16/2015 1:00:00 AM I...

Updates ESXi 5.5 tools-light vib  {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 9/16/2015 1:00:00 AM I...

Updates ESXi 5.5 tools-light vib  {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 9/16/2015 1:00:00 AM I...

Updates ESXi 5.5 misc-drivers vib {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 9/16/2015 1:00:00 AM I...

Updates ESXi 5.5 scsi-mpt2sas vib {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 9/16/2015 1:00:00 AM I...

Updates ESXi 5.5 scsi-mptsas vib  {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 9/16/2015 1:00:00 AM I...

Updates ESXi 5.5 scsi-mptspi vib  {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 9/16/2015 1:00:00 AM I...

Updates ESXi 5.5 scsi-qla2xxx vib {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 9/16/2015 1:00:00 AM I...

Updates ESXi 5.5 lsi-mr3 vib      {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 9/16/2015 1:00:00 AM I...

Updates ESXi 5.5 net-e1000e vib   {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 9/16/2015 1:00:00 AM I...

Updates ESXi 5.5 sata-ahci vib    {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 9/16/2015 1:00:00 AM I...

Updates ESXi 5.5 elxnet vib       {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 9/16/2015 1:00:00 AM I...

Updates ESXi 5.5 xhci-xhci vib    {embeddedEsx 5.5.0} 9/16/2015 1:00:00 AM I...

how do I not include the "Cisco VIC Ethernet NIC Driver" in the remediation?

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RvdNieuwendijk
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You can create a new fixed baseline that contains all of the patches except  the "Cisco VIC Ethernet NIC Driver" and use the new baseline for the remediation.

Blog: https://rvdnieuwendijk.com/ | Twitter: @rvdnieuwendijk | Author of: https://www.packtpub.com/virtualization-and-cloud/learning-powercli-second-edition
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