Upgrade ESX 3.5 U3 to 3.5 U5

[lvaibhavt]

Hi all,

I have a ESX Server running 3.5.0 U3. I have to upgrade it to 3.5.0U5. I have downloaded the upgrade package (zip file). I want to do this from command line.

I did google it up but not sure if below command will work

esxupdate --bundle <upgrade.zip> update

Also I need to know if how can I revert to U3 from U5 if things do not fall in place from it from command line. This is a DEV Server with no VM’s on it. I do not want to go for a fresh installation.

Appreciate your help on this

Thanks

[aravinds3107]

esxupdate --bundle <upgrade.zip> update

Yes you can use this syntax to perform the update

[Sreec]

Hi,

    Please find the Supported way of upgrading the host >http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022140

[vmroyale]

That syntax is correct. I blogged about using esxupdate in ESX 4, but as far as I remember the process is exactly the same in 3. There are a couple of other commands (scan, stage) you can use to help ensure a smooth upgrade.

Also I need to know if how can I revert to U3 from U5 if things do not fall in place from it from command line.

"The esxupdate utility does not support rolling back or removing any type of updates. You cannot remove patches once they have been installed." -from Patch Management for ESX Server 3

[lvaibhavt]

Thank you all for the reply,

So once I have upgrade the host from from U3 to U5. How do I come back to U3 if I have to revert the changes

Thanks

[aravinds3107]

As metnioned byvmroyale

you wont be roll back to U3

"The esxupdate utility does not support rolling back or removing any   type of updates. You cannot remove patches once they have been   installed." -from Patch Management for ESX Server 3

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_esxupdate.pdf

[lvaibhavt]

I ran the command on a test machine of mine and it returns an error

[root@esx351 sbin]# esxupdate --bundle upgrade-from-esx3.5-3.5.0_update05-207095.zip update
option --bundle not recognized
Enter /usr/sbin/esxupdate by itself to see a summary of commands and options.

I am looking into it

[aravinds3107]

Have you copied the upgrade file to a temporarty location on the host and are you running the command from that location (where is zip is located)

[lvaibhavt]

yes I have copied the zip file to tmp directory and I am running it from there

[root@esx351 tmp]# ls -l
total 452388
-rw-------    1 root     root            5 Jan 17 03:02 cimserver_start.conf
srwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Jan 17 03:02 cimxml.socket
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Jan 17 03:01 hsperfdata_root
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root     462775717 Jan  8 03:24 upgrade-from-esx3.5-3.5.0_update05-207095.zip
[root@esx351 tmp]# esxupdate --bundle upgrade-from-esx3.5-3.5.0_update05-207095.zip update
option --bundle not recognized
Enter /usr/sbin/esxupdate by itself to see a summary of commands and options.
[root@esx351 tmp]#

[aravinds3107]

any details you can get from log /var/log/vmware/esxupdate.log

[lvaibhavt]

Nothing helpful from the log file

[lvaibhavt]

Attached is the snapshot from the Host when I run esxupdate command.

The switch --bundle is not present.

Please let me know how do I go about upgrading the Host from Command line.

I have downloaded the package upgrade-from-esx3.5-3.5.0_update05-207095.zip from the site.

Thanks

[aravinds3107]

Use  esxupdate -b <bundle ID> update

First command in the screenshot

[memaad]

Hi,

Please update file in one of the datastore and unzip it , then run the command

esxupdate -m metadata.zip update

Regards

Mohammed

[lvaibhavt]

@ Arvind :: I have attached the snapshot with the error that I am getting when I run the command

@ Memaad ::: How are you buddy? When I extract the zip I do not see any file by name metadata.zip

Thanks

[memaad]

Hi,

I am good. when you unzip it what all files you see. Can you give screen shot of list of files.

Regards

Mohammed

[lvaibhavt]

Memaad -- snapshot attached

[memaad]

Hi ,

Browse the folder  "Offline" ,  give me screen shot  of it.

Regards

Mohammed

[lvaibhavt]

snapshot attached

[memaad]

Hi,

As per this update, it says content.xml.sig is missing from  /tmp/ . Can you please manually place it in this location and try upgrade. You can find this file once you unzip it upgrade zip file.

Regards

Mohammed