1). Download and install the VMware vSphere Client and VMware vSphere CLI on your Windows system.<\/p>\n
1.1). If you have a older driver, remove it from ESXi terminal by connecting via SSH and running the following commands: Running [\/usr\/sbin\/vmkmod-install.sh]…<\/span> ~ # rm \/tmp\/stage\/firmware\/usr\/lib\/ipkg\/bulletins.zip <\/em><\/p>\n Removing the bulletins.zip file resolves the problem of the following error message: 1.2). Reboot the host.<\/p>\n 3). Launch VMware vSphere Client and login the ESXi server. 1). Download and install the VMware vSphere Client and VMware vSphere CLI on your Windows system. 1.1). If you have a older driver, remove it from ESXi terminal by connecting via SSH and running the following commands: ~ # esxupdate -b ARC remove –maintenancemode Removing packages :vmware-esx..######################################## [100%] Running [\/usr\/sbin\/vmkmod-install.sh]… ok. The update completed successfully, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esxi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/remotelan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/remotelan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/remotelan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/remotelan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/remotelan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/remotelan.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/remotelan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/remotelan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/remotelan.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n~ # esxupdate -b ARC remove –maintenancemode
\n<\/em>Removing packages :vmware-esx..######################################## [100%]<\/span><\/p>\n
\n ok.<\/span>
\n The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPlease wait patch installation is in progress \u2026 <\/span>
\nThe format of the metadata is invalid.Duplicate definitions of bulletin ARC with unequal attributes.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n4). Through VMware Vsphere Client, set ESXi server into “Maintenance Mode”.(select Inventory–>Summary tab–>Enter Maintanence Mode)
\n5). Launch VMware vSphere CLI.
\n6). key in “cd bin” on VMware vSphere CLI.
\n7). key in “perl vihostupdate.pl -server ESXi_4.X_IP_address -username root -password “root’s password” -b CD\/DVD_ROM_directory:\\offline-bundle\\offline-bundle.zip –nosigcheck -i” on VMware vSphere CLI
\nPlease wait patch installation is in progress …<\/span>
\nThe update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.<\/span>
\n8). After loading Areca driver is finished, close VMware vSphere CLI.
\n9). Exit maintenance mode on the ESXi server through VMware Vsphere Client.
\n10). Reboot ESXi server.
\n
\nReference: http:\/\/communities.vmware.com\/thread\/311457?start=0&tstart=0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"