Knowledge Base

Applicability

This patch is for ESX Server 3.0.1 only.

Installing the Patch

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows:

1. Download patch ESX-2031037 from http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches.html.
   
2. Log into the ESX Server service console as root.
   
3. Create a local depot directory.

   # mkdir /var/updates

   Note: VMware recommends that you use the updates directory.

4. Change your working directory to /var/updates.

   # cd /var/updates

5. Download the tar file into the /var/updates directory.
   
6. Verify the integrity of the downloaded tar file.

   # md5sum ESX-2031037.tgz

   The md5 checksum output should match the following:

   2df5b252b82f5a33be64513fad8daef7 ESX-2031037.tgz

7. Extract the compressed tar archive.

   # tar -xvzf ESX-2031037.tgz

8. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-2031037.

   # cd ESX-2031037

Installation Instructions

After you have downloaded and extracted the archive, install the update as follows:

1. Stop the pegasus service by entering the following command:
   

   # service pegasus stop

2. If you are in the directory you created above, install the update using the following command:
   

   # esxupdate –n update

3. Restart the pegasus service by using the following command:
   

   # service pegasus start

If you want to run esxupdate from a different directory, you must specify the bundle path in the command:

For example, if the host is called depot:

During the update process, logs appear on the terminal. You can specify the verbosity of esxupdate logs by using the -v option as shown below:

For more information on using esxupdate, refer to the Patch Management for ESX Server 3 tech note at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_esxupdate.pdf.