Vmware ESXI 5. 1 Build

[Centosuser]

Dear all,

i am on  Vsphere 5.1.0 Build 799733,

can someone advise which new patches do i need to apply to the ESXI ?

this for a test purpose not a production ESXI!

[marcelo_soares]

You can look at http://www.vmware.com/patchmgr/download.portal

Here you can search for patches for any version of ESX.

[Centosuser]

Thank you for your answer

i've downloaded both patches : update-from-esxi5.1-5.1_update01 and ESXi510-201303001 and applied them, and the build is still not changed still show Vsphere 5.1.0 Build 799733!

i am doing something wrong?

i am supposed to see Build 1021289 right?

thank you

[marcelo_soares]

Have you rebooted the ESX? Also, sometimes what you see at the vSphere Client is not the real build of the ESXi server. Connecting to it and typing "vmware -v" will show you the vmkernel build.

KB http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014508 can help you with build number correlation.

[Centosuser]

Thank you for the answer

somehow the server need to be rebooted twice, so i reboot the server again now i see Build 1021289 !

according the document i am supposed to see build 1065491,

which patch is for this build 2013-04-25 ?

[marcelo_soares]

If you applied the patch you are on the 1065491 build Check it on the console, as I said, with "vmware -v"

What you see at the client is the hostd build, which not alwais is the same as the vmkernel one.

[Centosuser]

thank you for the answer,

the build i showed is from the command line

~ # vmware -v

VMware ESXi 5.1.0 build-1021289

still download shows the 1065491

[marcelo_soares · Accepted solution]

Yes... this can happen. Check KB  http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1012514 which explains:

"As a result, the ESX installation can have different components at different build numbers, depending upon which patch bundles have been applied."

You have on it 3 ways of knowing build numbers and patches applied. Your patch should be displayed on esxupdate outputs. Don't worry about this, is absolutely normal.

[Centosuser]

Marcelo,

thank you so much for guiding me, i managed to fix this and my host is operational again !

really appreciate it !

i downloaded the customide image and installed it using the next command

esxcli software profile install -d /vmfs/volumes/518cf9e5-8764b2dc-6494-e06995428d08/update/VMware-ESXi-5.1.0-Update1-1065491-HP-5.50.26-depot.zip -p HP-ESXi-5.1.0-standard --ok