determine ESX Version (3.5 versus 4.0)

[dwchan]

Back in the old days, one can determine the esx version from an xml file on /etc/vmware/patchdb

ESXver=`cat /etc/vmware/patchdb/3*.xml | grep ''| cut -c12-16`

But this file is no longer available on vsphere 4.0

Is there a simple way (a command) or a file I can parse that will tell my script if the current esx host is 3.0, 3.5 or 4.0?

[Troy_Clavell · Accepted solution]

something like that?

[root@ ~]# vmware -v
VMware ESX 4.0.0 build-208167
[root@ ~]#

or

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1012514

[mittim12]

You could also use powershell to get the version number. Something like get-vmhost "name" | select Version

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[dwchan]

thanks