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javelin
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ESXi 3.5 U4 - upgrade requirement

Hello all.

Without Virtual Center can I still be able to my ESXi U3 to U4? The only software I'm currently using to manage VMWare is VMWare Infrastructure Client. Given that I'm a noob in VM world, any suggestion on how to go about this is much appreciated.

If there is a free version(open source?) of VirtualCenter, can you please provide information as to where I may get this?

Thanks,

jav

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lamw
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Take a look at the instructions here: http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/Patch_3i_without_VC.php by Dave Mishchenko This method will allow you to patch/upgrade your ESXi w/o vCenter. The VI Client is the only tool you can use with the free version of ESXi in terms of management, all the other CLI tools require you to have at a minimum of Foundation license to be able to do anything useful other than read-only access.

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VMware ESX/ESXi scripts and resources at:

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javelin
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Thanks for the input William. I"ve already seen that site and have actually started looking into how it may actualy work for me. Thanks.

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COdlk
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This should be pretty straight forward. Go to download patches (http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/download/) and grab what you need. Check out this document for info on what to do https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35/vi3_35_25_esxupdate.pdf

david

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