install patch on ESX3i

Please see

 

1)      From vi client, you see the version is 3i, 3.5.0, 70348

2)      power off all VMs

3)      power on vicfg-rcli virtual appliance

4)      use winscp to upload patch to this virtual appliance

5)      use vihostupdate utility to upgrade

no:/tmp# vihostupdate --server 192.168.1.5 --username root --password password --i --b ESXe350-200712401-O-BG.zip

unpacking ESXe350-200712401-O-BG.zip ...

  ( skipping verification : ESXe350-200712401-O-BG/ESXe350-200712401-I-BG.zip.si

g )

unpacking ESXe350-200712401-O-BG/ESXe350-200712401-I-BG.zip ...

  ( skipping verification : ESXe350-200712401-O-BG/EESX-65301-tools-release.zip.

sig )

unpacking ESXe350-200712401-O-BG/EESX-65301-tools-release.zip ...

  ( skipping verification : ESXe350-200712401-O-BG/EESX-65301-viclient-release.z

ip.sig )

unpacking ESXe350-200712401-O-BG/EESX-65301-viclient-release.zip ...

Installing : ESXe350-200712401-I-BG

Copy to server : VMware-image.tar.gz ...

Copy to server : descriptor.xml ...

Copy to server : install.sh ...

Copy to server : contents.xml ...

Not applicable : EESX-65301-tools-release. Skipped.

Not applicable : EESX-65301-viclient-release. Skipped.

6)      reboot host for the updates to take effect

this is mandatory, the host will not reboot automatically

now the version is 3i, 3.5.0, 71173

7)      cleanup

remember to delete the unzipped patch file