Comments on: VMworld 2007 Session on ESX Patch Management

By: How to Secure VMware ESX Server

How to Secure VMware ESX Server — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:38:25 +0000

[...] automated as it could be. For information on how to use esxupdate, see this whitepaper and checkout Scott Lowe’s Blog where he covers the process of applying patches with [...]

By: slowe

slowe — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:13:21 +0000

Brian,

Thanks for the clarification. I was pretty certain that’s what you meant, but it’s good to know for certain.

By: Brian Gallob

Brian Gallob — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:54:29 +0000

I was suggesting a shared LUN that does not contain vmdk files. It would indeed be against best practices to have Templates, isos, or other files in the same LUN as vm files.

I always create a separate vmfs for media of any type including patches and updates.

By: slowe

slowe — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:22:40 +0000

Toni,

I interpreted the suggestion as to use a separate VMFS3 LUN, not a LUN on which you are storing VM files. I would not want to store ESX updates on a LUN where I am also storing VM files, but a separate LUN (perhaps on 2nd tier storage) would work.

By: Toni Verbeiren

Toni Verbeiren — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:41:02 +0000

Hi Scott,

thanks for the nice report.

Just wanted to double check: is VMware suggesting to put patch files and bundles on a VMFS3 LUN? I thought it was best-practice not to put anything except VM-related stuff?

By: slowe

slowe — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:31:45 +0000

VMzare,

Corrections accepted and incorporated into the article! Thanks for keeping me straight.

By: VMzare

VMzare — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:00:12 +0000

Patch URL needs correction and correct one is
http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches.html,

By: VMzare

VMzare — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:57:50 +0000

Scott, I can confirm it is small ‘l’
esxupdate -l query

Thanks this was another great stuff