Knowledge Base

Applicability

This patch is for ESX Server 3.0.1 only. For the ESX Server 3.0.0 patch, refer to http://kb.vmware.com/kb/3496682.

Installing the Patch

Download Instructions

Download and verify the patch bundle as follows:

1. Download patch ESX-6856573 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 you use this 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-6856573.tgz
   

   The md5 checksum output should match the following:
   
   16bb030929bb005fe26c09f637cb9cd8 ESX-6856573.tgz
   

7. Extract the compressed tar archive.
   
   # tar -xvzf ESX-6856573.tgz
   
8. Change to the newly created directory, /var/updates/ESX-6856573.

   # cd ESX-6856573

Installation Instructions

# esxupdate update

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

# esxupdate -r file://<directory>/ESX-6856573 update

For example, if the host is called depot:

# esxupdate –r file:///depot/var/updates/ESX-6856573 update

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:

# esxupdate -v 10 -r file://<directory>/ESX-6856573 update

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.