Verying if Update 2 is installed or not?

[jitendrakmr]

Hello Everyone,

I have few ESX 3.5 Servers with build 113339. Does build number indicates that update 2 is already installed on these boxes? Else how can I verify if update 2 is installed on these boxes or not?

Thanks.

Jitendra Kumar

MCSE 2003, VCP, CCNA, ITIL Foundation, Netapp NS0-153

[IB_IT]

go to your console on ESX and type> esxupdate query

That should give you clues as to what bundles and update packages have been installed.

[aldikan]

Hi,

Follow this link to "download" site, where you can see correlation between Update numbers and build numbers.

For both, ESX hosts and Virtual center,

Hope this helps

Alex

[IB_IT]

i could be wrong about this...I find the whole vmware build number thing a bit confusing, but can't you have the same build number even if you don't have a certain Update installed (ie, update 2 or update 3)? For ex, the poster said that his build # is 113339. Doesn't that just mean that he has the corresponding patches installed from the download site....and not necessarily indicating which Update platform he is on?

Slap me if I'm nuts.

[IB_IT]

ok, I just reread my post and that seems confusing. All I am asking is....

Is it possible to have an ESX 3.5 build # of xxxx and be on either Update 2 or Update 3? If so, then it seems the only way to completely verify what Update platform you are on would be to run a query of installed bundles....

[aldikan]

Hi,

I could be mistaken, but my understanding is that with Update 2 and all bunch of patches your build will still be lower than Update 3 (123630).

It will be somewhere between 110268 (update2) and 123630 (Update3).

Alex

[petedr]

I know build 113339 is the 9/18 patch releases which came after Update 2.

I would check though esxupdate -l query to see the specific bundles installed

[Texiwill]

Hello,

Your build number tells you your build release of the vmkernel. You may not have all the patches for Update 2, however, most have requriements.

esxupdate -l query | grep -i update

would be the way to determine if Update 2 was installed.

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Edward L. Haletky

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