How to update vCenter 4.0 to 4.0u1

[impag]

I have three ESX hosts on vSphere 4.0 and got vCenter 4.0 running as well

I manually update vSphere Client 4.0 to 4.0u1 doing manual install procedures (setup.exe)

I run Update Manager on vSphereClient to apply updates to my hosts. So the hosts run 4.0u1 as well.

But how can I update my vCenter from 4.0 to 4.0u1? Do I have to take the full package 208167 and run setup?

[AndreTheGiant · Accepted solution]

Run the setup and be sure to select "existing DB".

Also update the VUM and Converter server part.

Andre

[krowczynski]

Hi,

this path should be done.

- Update vcenter

- Update VUM

- Update hosts

-Update vmtools

MCP, VCP

[impag]

Maybe my steps were wrong but now it works. I stumbled across one error that seems to be frequent:

"VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices" won't start anymore.

Solution: http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc40_u1_rel_notes.html - use a valid path to a jvm.dll (not path, filename ist required)

[OrionSoG]

Here's a link to the VMware KB article which outlines the methods for updating ESX4.0.0 to ESX4.0.0 update1

KB Article: 1016209