Check the following commands.
To determine the patches or updates applied on the ESX host:
- Log in to the ESX service console.
- At the command prompt, run the command:
#esxupdate query
Lines in the output indicate the names and of patches that might have been applied after the original installation. Typical output is similar to:
----Bulletin ID---- -----Installed----- -------------Summary-------------
ESX400-200906401-BG 2009-07-08T18:02:49 Updates VMX
ESX400-200906412-BG 2009-07-08T18:02:49 Updates esxupdate
ESX400-200906404-BG 2009-07-08T18:02:49 Updates CIM
To view the build numbers of RPMs in a specific bulletin contained in a patch bundle after it is installed.
- Log in to the ESX Server service console.
At the command prompt, type:
# esxupdate info -bbulletinname
Wherebulletinnamerepresents the name of the bulletin you are reviewing, such as ESX400-200906413-BG.
Sample output for the command:esxupdate info -bbulletinname: | |
Id | - ESX400-200906413-BG |
Releasedate | - 2009-07-09T00:00:00-08:00 |
Vendor | - VMware, Inc. |
Summary | - Updates vmkernel iSCSI Driver |
Severity | - critical |
Category | - critical |
Installdate | - 2009-07-02T16:25:56.709691+05:30 |
Description | - This patch fixes an issue where iSCSI targets might disappear during controller fault or failover of an EqualLogic array. Currently, this issue has only been observed on EQL hardware. However it might not be specific to EQL arrays. Please see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1012232 for more details |
Kburl | |
List of constituent VIBs: | -rpm_vmware-esx-iscsi_4.0.0-0.5.175625@i386 |
To determine the patches or updates applied on the ESXi host:
- Log in locally to the ESXi host.
- At the command prompt, run the command:
#esxcli software vib list
To view the build numbers of RPMs and VIB details contained in a patch bundle before it is installed:
- Download the patch bundle zip files as described in the patch bundle installation instructions.
- Before installing the patch, change to the directory that you use as your esxupdate repository. For example, if your repository is located at /var/updates, type:
#cd /var/updates - At the command prompt, type:
#esxupdate --bundlepatchbundlename.zip info
Wherepatchbundlenamerepresents the name of patch bundle.
Once you have the output from the commands you could compare the same with the list you have. Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Avinash