Knowledge Base

This patch is for ESX Server 3.0.1 only. For the related patch for ESX Server 3.0.0, please refer to http://kb.vmware.com/kb/9716732.

View KB 3996003 for more information.

Downloading and Installing the Patch

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows :

1. Download patch ESX-3996003 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-3996003.tgz

7. The md5 checksum output should match the following:

   58e9581f338c9fb783e72028a6f15ba4 ESX-3996003.tgz

8. Extract the compressed tar archive:

   # tar -xvzf ESX-3996003.tgz

9. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-3996003:

   # cd ESX-3996003

Note: All virtual machines on the host must be either shut down or migrated using VMotion before applying the patch. A reboot of the ESX Server host is required after applying this patch, so the system logger services can use the correct time.

Once you have downloaded and extracted the archive, and if you are in the directory you created above, install the update using the following command:

# esxupdate update

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 , use the command:

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 , please refer to the Patch Management for ESX Server 3 tech note at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_esxupdate.pdf.