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======VMware ESX - Patching======
[[https://www.vmware.com/patchmgr/findPatch.portal|VMware find patch portal]] \\

[[http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014508|VMware - Correlating VMware product build numbers to update levels (1014508)]] \\
[[http://vsphere-land.com/vinfo/release-build-info|vSphere-land - Release/Build Info]] (not up to date)
[[https://esxi-patches.v-front.de/|VMware ESXi Patch Tracker]] \\
=====Documentation=====
[[http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx3_esxupdate.pdf|VMware.com - Patch Management for ESX Server 3 (PDF)]] documentation about the esxupdate command of ESX 3.x.x. \\

====Support Articles====
[[http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2016331|Host scan using vCenter Update Manager 5.0.x fails at 30% (2016331)]] with error "The uploaded upgrade package cannot be used with VMware vSphere Update Manager". \\
[[http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2014447|Patch and Update classification schemes for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.x and ESXi 5.x (2014447)]] \\
[[https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2008939|“esxcli software vib” commands to patch an ESXi 5.x/6.x host (2008939)]] \\
[[https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2083707|Understanding ESXi 5.x and 6.0 Patching Model (2083707)]] answers the question if patches are cumulative. Update[01-99] are cumulative, patches are not. \\
[[https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2020972|VMware Security Patching Guidelines for ESX and ESXi (2020972)]] \\

=====Blogposts/Articles=====
[[http://www.vladan.fr/esxi-free-how-to-upgrade-to-esxi-5-1/|ESX Virtualization - ESXi Free – how to upgrade to ESXi 5.1]] \\
[[http://www.vladan.fr/how-to-patch-esxi-5-without-vcenter-and-update-manager/|ESX Virtualization - How to patch ESXi 5 without vCenter]] \\
[[http://www.running-system.com/how-to-install-a-hp-cpxxxxxx-scexe-firmware-update-on-your-esxi-host/|running-system.com - How to install a HP CPxxxxxx.scexe firmware update on your ESXi Host]] \\
[[http://www.running-system.com/running-esxi-5-x-hp-hardware-take-care-used-hp-ams-version/|running-system.com - Running ESXi 5.x on HP hardware? Take care of the used HP-AMS version!]] \\

[[https://lonesysadmin.net/2015/02/01/latest-esxi-turns-off-transparent-page-sharing-watch-ram/|The Lone Sysadmin - Latest ESXi Turns Off Transparent Page Sharing, So Watch Your RAM]]: 
  * [[http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2080735|VMware KB - Security considerations and disallowing inter-Virtual Machine Transparent Page Sharing (2080735)]]
  * [[http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2097593|VMware KB - Additional Transparent Page Sharing management capabilities and new default settings (2097593)]]
  * [[http://www.pcli.me/?p=215|Pcli.me - Check How Much Host Memory You Are Saving With TPS (Transparent Page Sharing).]] a PowerCLI script to check how much extra RAM will be used when TPS is off.
  * [[http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2015/01/assess-the-performance-impact-of-the-security-change-in-transparent-page-sharing-behaviour.html|VMware vSphere Blog - Assess the Performance Impact of the Security Change in Transparent Page Sharing Behaviour]] \\
=====ESX 3.5 and lower=====
[[http://vmprofessional.com/index.php?content=esx-autopatch|vmprofessional - esx-autopatch.pl]] (dead link?) script for patching ESX hosts. Can get the updates from an ftp- or http-server. \\
If you get the "Bad interpreter" error when executing the script with ./esx-autopatch.pl, try it like this:
<code>
/usr/bin/perl esx-autopatch.pl
</code>

[[http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/Patch_3i_without_VC.html|Patch 3i without VirtualCenter]] \\

[[http://www.vmts.net/VMTSPatchManager.htm|VMTSPatchManager]] the "Windows Update" for VMware© ESX 3.x. \\

Other solutions: \\
[[http://virtrix.blogspot.com/2007/03/vmware-autopatching-your-esx-host.html|Virtrix - VMware: (Auto)patching your ESX host]] with extracted patches on an IIS web server. \\
[[http://vmetc.com/2007/12/21/upgrading-and-autopatching-esx-302/|VM /ETC - Update and Auto Patch ESX]] \\
[[http://geekswithblogs.net/AJGB/archive/2007/02/22/107015.aspx|Script to install ESX / VI3 patch]] \\