To get the ESXi install date

[bhards4]

Hi,

Need to know how to fetch the install date of base esxi from Esxi command or from Power cli.

Regards,

Bhards4

[rcporto]

Check if helps: How To Determine ESXi Host Major Version, Install Date with PowerCLI -- Virtualization Review

[bhards4]

Hi,

I have already tried mentioned script but its giving blank output

Get-VMHostPatch * | Select ID, InstallDate, VMHostID

Get-VMHost | Select ID, name

Regards,

Bhards4

[bhards4]

Looks like there is some issue into my vCenter DB from which Im trying to fetch this info. I tried same for other vCenter and it works fine.

Pls let me know if there is any local command which I can try directly from Esxi to get the installation date.

Regards,

Bhards4

[MKguy]

As a similar approach, try with this command that outputs the unique vib install dates of all packages and look for the oldest:

# esxcli software vib list | awk {'print $5'} | sort | uniq | sort -rn

A lot of packages never received updates since GA, so their install date will indicate the system's whole install date even on a fully patched current system:

[thompsoa]

Hi!

You can run the following command: uname -a. It will display the following information:

ie.

~ # uname -a

VMkernel "server_name" "esxi_version" #1 SMP Release build-2718055 May  5 2015 17:30:13 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Hope it helps!

Alicia