Today I got chance to upgrade my production Vmware vSphere server 5.0 to vSphere 5.0 update 1. Few days back MyTricks reported release of VMware vSphere ESXi 5 update 1. This update contains all bug fixes with some additional features such as support for Windows 8 & Windows 8 Server.
Even you can upgrade ESXi Server from 5.0 to 5.0 update using CLI. Check below guide for the same,
[How to Guide] Upgrade ESXi 5 to ESXi 5 update 1 from CLI Without Update Manager
The VMware vCenter Server for Windows 5.0 Update 1 offers the following improvements:
Guest Operating System Customization Improvements: vCenter Server adds support for customization of the following guest operating systems:
Windows 8
Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 10.10
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
To upgrade VMware vSphere 5 to vSphere 5 Update 1 using vSphere update manager you need to update
1. VMware vCenter Serve from 5.0 to 5.0 update 1
2. vSphere update manager from 5.0 to 5.0 update 1
3. Last & most important vSphere 5.o to vSphere 5.0 Update 1 upgrade
To upgrade Vmware vSphere server 5.0 to vSphere 5.0 update 1, download vSphere update 1 patch from this direct Link & download VMware vCenter Server from this link
You can refer below articles on VMware vSphere 5,
[Guide] Install VMware vSphere 5 (ESXi 5) in VMware Workstation 8
[Guide] Installing VMware vCenter Converter 5
So lets get started,
Navigate to Update Manager->Patch Repository-> Click on Import Patch as shown below.
Here we are going to import downloaded VMware vsphere 5.0 U1 patch. Click on Browse & provide patch of the patch & click next.
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