VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200810214-UG: Updated Time Zone Rules

Summaries and Symptoms

This patch updates the tzdata RPM with revised time zone rules for the service console. The new time zone rules reflect changes to Daylight Savings Time (DST) in the following regions:

• Argentina
• Chile (mainland)
• Cuba
• Easter Island
• Iraq
• Morocco
• Pakistan
• Palmer Polar Station, Antarctica
• Salas y Gomez Island
• Syria
• Venezuela

Deployment Considerations

None beyond the required patch bundles and reboot information listed in the table, above.

Patch Download and Installation

See the VMware Update Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using Update Manager to download and install patches to automatically update ESX Server 3.5 hosts.

To update ESX Server 3.5 hosts when not using Update Manager, download the most recent patch bundle from http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/download/ and install the bundle using esxupdate from the command line of the host. For more information, see the ESX Server 3 Patch Management Guide.