I wanted to update a standalone ESXi box from 4.1 to 4.1 Update 1. Here is how I went about it:
- Downloaded the update on a windwos box from here and unziped it
- Open the viClient datastore browser and upload the unzipped folder. If you put it off the root of your datastore, the path will be:
- /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/update/update-from-esxi4.1-4.1_update01
- Install the VMware vSphere PowerCLI – which is a Windows PowerShell interface to the vSphere API
- Add the VMware cmdlts to your PowerShell session: add-pssnapin “VMware.VimAutomation.Core”
- Put the ESXi server into maintenance mode.
- In PowerShell, connect to the ESXi server: Connect-VIServer servername.domain.local
- In PowerShell: Install-VMHostPatch -HostPath /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/update-from-esxi4.1-4.1_update01/metadata.zip
- The result was: WARNING: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.
- Reboot!
The summary below was also returned:
Id VMHostId IsIns IsApp Needs Needs talle licab Resta Recon d le rt nect -- -------- ----- ----- ----- ----- cross_oem-vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-3w-9xxx_... ...ha-host False True True False cross_oem-vmware-esx-drivers-net-vxge_400.... ...ha-host False True True False deb_vmware-esx-firmware_4.1.0-1.4.348481 ...ha-host False False True False deb_vmware-esx-tools-light_4.1.0-1.4.348481 ...ha-host True True False False
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