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VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-200906412-BG: Updates esxupdate

Details

Release Date: July 09, 2009

Download Size:
396.3 MB
Download Filename:
ESX400-200906001.zip
md5sum:
cab549922f3429b236633c0e81351cde
sha1sum:
aff76554ec5ee3c915eb4eac02e62c131163059a

Product Versions	ESX 4.0
Build	175625 Also see KB 1012514.
Patch Classification	Critical
Host Reboot Required	No
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required	No
PRs Fixed	407332, 403853
Affected Hardware	N/A
Affected Software	N/A
VIBs Included	vmware-esx-esxupdate vmware-hostd-esx
Related CVE numbers	N/A

Solution

Summaries and Symptoms

Issues fixed in this patch (and their relevant symptoms, if applicable) include:

Fixes an issue where the esxupdate command might not preserve bulletin information in the esxupdate database. The affected bulletin (or bulletins) do not appear in the output of the esxupdate query command. This problem occurs after using the esxupdate stage command on a bulletin that has previously been installed.
Fixes an issue where the esxupdate query command displays an incorrect timestamp for previously installed bulletins.

Deployment Considerations

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

Patch Download and Installation

See the VMware vCenter Update Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using Update Manager to download and install patches to automatically update ESX 4.0 hosts.

To update ESX 4.0 hosts when not using Update Manager, download the patch zip file from http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/download/ and install the bulletin using esxupdate from the command line of the host. For more information, see the ESX 4 Patch Management Guide.

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