== Installing Patches for VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5 == 1. Download the contents.zip file. {{{ $ wget -q http://download3.vmware.com/software/esx/ESX-3.5.0-contents.zip $ $ unzip -l ESX-3.5.0-contents.zip Archive: ESX-3.5.0-contents.zip Length Date Time Name -------- ---- ---- ---- 18304 11-19-10 01:11 contents.xml 701 11-19-10 01:11 contents.xml.sig -------- ------- 19005 2 files $ }}} 2. Create a patch depot. {{{ $ mkdir -p ESX350.Depot/ESX350 $ ( cd ESX350.Depot/ESX350 ; unzip ../../ESX-3.5.0-contents.zip ) Archive: ../../ESX-3.5.0-contents.zip inflating: contents.xml inflating: contents.xml.sig $ }}} 3. Create list of patches to download (Dec-2009, and newer). {{{ $ egrep 'ESX350-20(0912|10)' ESX350.Depot/ESX350/contents.xml | \ cut -d\" -f4 > patch-list.txt $ $ head -1 patch-list.txt ; tail -1 patch-list.txt ESX350-200912401-BG ESX350-201012410-BG $ wc -l patch-list.txt 47 patch-list.txt $ }}} 4. Download all patch bundles. {{{ $ ( while read p ; do wget -q http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/${p}.zip done ) < patch-list.txt $ }}} 5. Extract patch bundles into the patch depot. {{{ $ for f in ESX350-*.zip ; do ( cd ESX350.Depot/ESX350 ; unzip -q ../../$f ) done $ $ ls -log ESX350.Depot/ESX350 total 212 -rw-rw-rw- 1 18304 Nov 19 01:11 contents.xml -rw-r--r-- 1 701 Nov 19 01:11 contents.xml.sig drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Dec 21 2009 ESX350-200912401-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Dec 21 2009 ESX350-200912402-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Dec 21 2009 ESX350-200912403-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Dec 21 2009 ESX350-200912404-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Dec 21 2009 ESX350-200912405-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Dec 21 2009 ESX350-200912406-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Feb 9 2010 ESX350-201002401-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Feb 9 2010 ESX350-201002402-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Feb 9 2010 ESX350-201002403-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Feb 9 2010 ESX350-201002404-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Feb 9 2010 ESX350-201002405-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Feb 9 2010 ESX350-201002406-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Feb 9 2010 ESX350-201002407-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Feb 9 2010 ESX350-201002408-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Feb 9 2010 ESX350-201002409-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Feb 9 2010 ESX350-201002411-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Mar 22 2010 ESX350-201003401-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Mar 22 2010 ESX350-201003402-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Mar 22 2010 ESX350-201003403-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Jun 22 00:05 ESX350-201006401-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Jun 22 00:06 ESX350-201006402-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Jun 22 00:06 ESX350-201006403-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Jun 22 00:06 ESX350-201006404-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Jun 22 00:06 ESX350-201006405-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Jun 22 00:06 ESX350-201006406-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Jun 22 00:06 ESX350-201006407-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Jun 22 00:06 ESX350-201006408-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Jun 22 00:06 ESX350-201006409-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Aug 18 22:52 ESX350-201008401-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Aug 18 22:52 ESX350-201008402-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Aug 18 22:52 ESX350-201008403-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Aug 18 22:52 ESX350-201008405-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Aug 18 22:52 ESX350-201008406-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Aug 18 22:53 ESX350-201008407-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Aug 18 22:53 ESX350-201008409-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Aug 18 22:53 ESX350-201008410-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Aug 18 22:53 ESX350-201008411-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Aug 18 22:53 ESX350-201008412-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Nov 19 01:10 ESX350-201012401-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Nov 19 01:11 ESX350-201012402-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Nov 19 01:11 ESX350-201012404-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Nov 19 01:11 ESX350-201012405-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Nov 19 01:11 ESX350-201012406-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Nov 19 01:11 ESX350-201012407-BG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Nov 19 01:11 ESX350-201012408-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Nov 19 01:11 ESX350-201012409-SG drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 Nov 19 01:11 ESX350-201012410-BG $ }}} 6. Make an ISO image, burn a DVD. {{{ $ mkisofs -J -r -V ESX350u5-20101217 -o ./ESX350u5-20101217.iso ./ESX350.Depot [...] $ ls -log ESX350u5-20101217.iso -rw-rw-r-- 1 1942310912 Dec 17 16:34 ESX350u5-20101217.iso $ cdrecord -sao -data ESX350u5-20101217.iso }}} 7. Put the DVD into ESX host's optical drive, mount it up, install the patches. {{{ esx3# mkdir /mnt/cdrom esx3# mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom esx3# esxupdate --noreboot -d file:///mnt/cdrom/ESX350 update [...] esx3# esxupdate query | grep 12/17/10 ESX350-200912403-BG 17:59:06 12/17/10 Updates e1000e driver ESX350-200912404-BG 17:59:06 12/17/10 Updates igb driver ESX350-200912405-BG 17:59:06 12/17/10 Updates ixgbe driver ESX350-201002401-SG 17:59:06 12/17/10 Updates Net-SNMP ESX350-201002402-SG 17:59:06 12/17/10 Security updates to Python package ESX350-201002404-SG 17:59:06 12/17/10 Security update to BIND ESX350-201002405-BG 17:59:06 12/17/10 Updates Aacraid driver ESX350-201002407-SG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates Libxml2 ESX350-201002408-BG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates MPT SCSI driver ESX350-201002409-BG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates iSCSI driver, iSCSI daemon ESX350-201003403-SG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates vmware-webCenter-esx ESX350-201006401-SG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates VMkernel,Tools,Hostd,VMX,VMnix ESX350-201006403-BG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates Qlogic driver ESX350-201006404-BG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates e1000 driver ESX350-201006405-SG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates GNU GCC package ESX350-201006406-SG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates GNU zip package ESX350-201006407-SG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates NTP package ESX350-201006409-BG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates CIM and Pegasus ESX350-201008402-BG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates bnx2x driver ESX350-201008405-SG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates cpio ESX350-201008406-SG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates expat ESX350-201008407-SG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates tar ESX350-201008411-SG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates krb5 ESX350-201008412-SG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates perl ESX350-201012401-SG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates VMkernel, hostd, VMX ESX350-201012402-BG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates VMware-esx-tools ESX350-201012404-BG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates VMware-esx-scripts ESX350-201012405-BG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates kernel-vmnix ESX350-201012406-BG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates VMware-esx-perftools ESX350-201012407-BG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates Emulex Fiber Channel driver ESX350-201012408-SG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates samba ESX350-201012409-SG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Updates bzip ESX350-201012410-BG 17:59:07 12/17/10 Important: Update ESX 3.5 secure key For a differential list of rpms, use the -l/--listrpms option. esx3# }}} === See Also === http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/datacenter_downloads/vmware_infrastructure_3/3_5 \\ VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5 - Release Date 2009/12/03 http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35/vi3_35_25_esxupdate.pdf \\ ESX Server 3 Patch Management Guide