How to easily update your VMware vCenter Server Appliance from 6.5.x to 6.5 Update 1e (VCSA 6.5 U1e)

Posted by Paul Braren on Jan 13 2018 (updated on Mar 31 2018) in
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    • Important Update - On Mar 20 2018, VMware VMSA-2018-0004.3 announced that CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre-2) mitigation is now included in the latest patch that you should be using instead of the older patch featured in the original article below. You'll find the newer article here:

    Article below as it originally appeared.

    Meltdown and Spectre loom large this year, and this article is in direct response to all that, see also at TinkerTry

    VMware vCenter Server Appliance

    Read the VMware vCenter Server 6.5 Update 1e Release Notes. For those of you with VCSA 6.5.x already installed, the simple VAMI update method also means you won't need the VMware-VCSA-all-6.5.0-7119157.iso from the Download Page for:
    VMware-VCSA-all-6.5.0-7119157.iso | Release Date: 2017-11-14 | Build Number: 7119157

    This upgrade is also known as version 6.5.0.14000 or 6.5U1e or Build 7515524, as seen in the vCenter Server Appliance Management Interface (VAMI), as pictured above this article. I have a screenshot and video of the process below, and the upgrade method is the same VAMI method that I featured in my recent (Dec 23 2017) article, only the versions (6.5U1d 6.5U1e) differ slightly:

    easy-upgrade-to-vcsa-65u1d

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    TinkerTry-5-step-VCSA-update-65U1

    Video

    How to easily update your VMware vCenter Server Appliance from 6.5.x to 6.5 Update 1e [VCSA 6.5 U1e]

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