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EzPz ESXi update

Did some quick research on how to update my ESXi host since I have run into some problems running the first release version of ESXi 6.5 (Build 4564106), such as not being able to deploy OVF files through the web client. Bit of a pain, but I found another blog (Link down below) that linked me to another site that tracked the ESXi patches and offered a copy paste CLI commands to updated ESXi Hosts to whatever patch was outlined. This is great for me because it was super simple to do and quick (great for a home-lab environment), however, if you were in a production environment I dunno if I would be updating your ESXi hosts using SSH.

The site was https://esxi-patches.v-front.de/ESXi-6.5.0.html
So I went to my ESXi webpage to check my version number (i had already tested it out and put a few patches through to test how it works) and enabled the host SSH.
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I had already tested it out and put a few patches through to test how it works.
After matching the build number with the one on the webpage I clicked the image profile link to match the patch I wanted to apply and copied the 3 CLI lines and pasted them into a putty SSH.
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Updates are NOT verbose!!! Update speed is related to your internet and storage speed
The update is NOT verbose and does not tell you how it's going, so I left it for a few minutes and came back to a wall of text and scrolled up till I saw the update has been a success! After doing that you need to restart your ESXi host and then it should show you the build number that you updated too!
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I have updated to the latest patch as of 13/08/2017
NOTE!!! Updating this way opens up the firewall so that in its self is a risk, make sure you close the firewall after your done, the copy paste CLI should do it but here is the CLI to close it anyway
esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e false -r httpClient
ESXi Update Blog https://tinkertry.com/easy-upgrade-to-esxi-650d

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