Download the patches and extensions from the Update Manager server to the ESXi hosts. Staging lets you reduce the time the host spends in maintenance mode during remediation.
On the Vmware Dashboard, Access the Storage menu and click on the Datastore browser button. On the Datastore browser screen, click on the Create Directory button and enter the name: PATCH Select the PATCH folder, click on the Upload button and locate the ESXi Patch on your computer. Now, you need to enable the SSH service. Unselect the patches from the baseline. Attach the baseline again and unselect the staged patches during the remediation phase. If your staged patches are old, host will make them Obsolete during maintenance. Re-add the baseline without the staged patch and try, Regards. UpdateManager would put the patches in the standard location. We would use vSphere Client to put the host in maintenance mode, then use one of the commands in the table to manually remediate (load the patches). Then vSphere Client to reboot. Any tricks or recommendations? Don’t have shared storage so can’t easily move vCenter Server. The Lenovo VMware Updates Repostiroy provides a single location to download Lenovo VMware ESXi device drivers, best recipes, and ESXi Customized Images for Lenovo server products. It also offeres online and offline updates that can be used with VMware Update Manager (VUM).
- Attach a patch or extension baseline or a baseline group containing patches and extensions to the host.
- Required privileges: VMware vSphere Update Manager.Manage Patches and Upgrades.Stage Patches and Extensions.
Procedure
- Use the vSphere Web Client to log in to a vCenter Server Appliance, or to a vCenter Server system with which Update Manager is registered.
- From the inventory object navigator, select a data center, a cluster, or a host, and click the Update Manager tab.
- Click Stage.
- On the Baseline Selection page of the Stage wizard, select the patch and extension baselines to stage.
- Select the hosts where patches and extensions to download, and click Next. If you select to stage patches and extensions to a single host, it is selected by default.
- (Optional) Deselect the patches and extensions to exclude from the stage operation.
- (Optional) To search within the list of patches and extensions, type a search criteria in the text box in the upper-right corner.
- Click Next.
- Review the Ready to Complete page, and click Finish.
Esxi Patch Stage Location Guide
The number of the staged patches and extensions for the specific host is displayed in the Patches and Extensions columns in the bottom pane of the Update Manager tab.
I am having problems with an ESX 4.0 update 2 host. I am trying to stage patches to this host. I sent one successfully and tried to send another and it gets to 33% and sits.
What to do next
Remediate the host or hosts.
Esxi Patch Stage Location Fallout 4
After remediation, all staged patches and extensions, whether installed or not during the remediation, are deleted from the host.