Comments on: ESX 3.x Updater Standard (Repository Server)

by: Daniele Salpietro

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:32:01 +0000

Hi ilya.m,
vmware.com has been changed yet the html web page, that do you think to do?
next week-end I can try again to change your script alone, but only if you are no free time to do that for us

Regards,
Daniele

by: Michael.H

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:48:50 +0000

Just curious but is there a live link for download of Download ESX Updater 3.x Virtual Machine (CentOS 5)?

by: ilya.m

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:06:51 +0000

Script has been fixed now. Due to insconsistencies on VmWare site, i have made a small modifcation to support new VmWare layout.

Also, proposed fix by Daniele Salpietro will only work for VmWare ESX 3.0.1 and not 3.0.0.

My fix will work with both releases.

Please update your script.

Regards
ServerChief

by: ilya.m

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:56:16 +0000

Script is slightly out of sync now due to changes on vmware site. It will be fixed on Monday, 08/05/2007.

by: Daniele Salpietro

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:43:36 +0000

Hi Guy,

this shell script does not work after vmware update their web site. I have update this script so:

remark these lines:

#version 0.2
#curl http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches.html | grep -A 1 “ESX Server $ESXVersion” |grep Updates | cut –output-delimiter “ESX-” -f3 | sed -e :a -e ’s/]*>//g;/ $DATAFILE
#sleep 2

and insert these:

#version 0.3
curl http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches.html | grep -A 1 “ESX Server $ESXVersion” |grep Patch | cut –output-delimiter “ESX-” -f3 | sed -e :a -e ’s/]*>//g;/ $DATAFILE
sleep 2

and now: work fine

bye,
Daniele/Italy

by: ESX 3.x Updater Standard (ESX Host Edition)

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:05:51 +0000

[…] Script Type: VmWare ESX 3.x Edition -> this script must be run on VmWare ESX 3.x host. If your ESX host does not have internet connectivty, please use this script instead. […]

by: Tom

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:24:18 +0000

Download link for the VM?? Thank you, Tom

by: ilya.m

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:28:28 +0000

Randy,

Thanks for the comment. I will try to incorporate your request in newer realease. I will also add a feature to be able to specify a range of dates.

If you ESX host has internet connectivity, I highly recommend using this script.
http://www.serverchief.com/content/esx-3x-updater-standard-esx-host-edition/

Good luck..

by: Randy

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:09:27 +0000

How about an option to scan download folder for previously downloaded patches to prevent re-downloading them on subsequent script executions?

by: Paul

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:38:15 +0000

Do you have a link for the CentOS VM Server image?