If you didn’t use the HP provided Esxi image initially then download and install the respective HP ESXi Utilities Offline Bundle for Esxi 5.1 or Esxi 5.5 version. Management utilities would be already there.
If you used the HP provided Esxi image then hp drivers and other hpacucli for managing SmartArray adapters, it is typically little behind tthe current stable version from VMware so you might download and use VMware provided latest stable ISO image to install the esxi on host. Their Offline Bundles for hardware monitoring and useful tools like hpssacli Installation ISOs for ESXi 5.x, 6.0 that include drivers for HP specific hardware, They ask for is Array Diagnostic Utility aka ADU report. Regarding drive, array controller battery etc related issues, the first this Summary: Patch for VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0Ĭommand> software-packages install -stagedAs most of us would be aware, whenever we call to HP support Productname: VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance The first stage is deploying a new vCenter Server.
Similar to a fresh VCSA 6.5 install, the VCSA 6.5 upgrade is also broken up into two stages. : Unstage operation completed successfully VMware vSphere 6.5 has been released as general available and earlier this week I posted about Installing VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 as a new install, this post will walk through upgrading an existing vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 to 6.5. : Run software-packages unstage to delete old staged packages : Run software-packages list OR software-packages install to continue I'm trying to update vcsa 6, but it won't start. It means the update is completed and you can reboot the VCSA. If you face this problem, you need to check the update log /var/log/vmware/applmgmt/software-packages.log on VCSA (using SSH) and find a line similar: "UpdateTask: status=completed, percent=100". Update 29th January: If you update at least VCSA 6.0 U1 using VAMI (patching directly from internet or using local repository), the update may hang at 70%. var/log/vmware/applmgmt/software-packages.log For more information please follow the post here.
I had a problem with VAMI after patching my VCSA 6.0. Note: If you have vCenter with external PSC, please follow above steps at first on PSC and then on VCSA. Update 10th September: Since VCSA 6.0 U1 you can again update your vCenter Appliance via GUI! So you need to patch your VCSA 6.0 to 6.0U1 using above steps ? and the next time you can use GUI! (VAMI) : Packages upgraded successfully, Reboot is required to complete the installation.Īs I have shown above, patching/updating of VCSA 6.x is different than vCenter Appliance 5.x but still not complicated ? If your patching is successful, you can delete the snapshot of VCSA ? : Processing software packages in update payload 36/36 : Staging software update packages from ISO Accept EULA and wait till patching/updating will be finished: