https://blog.thinkbox.dev/tags/esxi/ Recent content in ESXi on ThinkBox Hugo -- gohugo.io en Fri, 16 Aug 2019 00:15:03 -0400 https://blog.thinkbox.dev/posts/0006-update-rollback-esxi/ Fri, 16 Aug 2019 00:15:03 -0400 https://blog.thinkbox.dev/posts/0006-update-rollback-esxi/ Updating ESXi For this example I will be updating ESXi build 8169922 to ESXi build 13981272 . You can check the current build of an ESXi box by running the following command: 1 2 3 [root@testesxi:~] vmware -v VMware ESXi 6.7.0 build-8169922 [root@testesxi:~] Updates come in the form of ZIP files, this ZIP file is usually downloaded from VMWare website . After an update file is retrieved check that the hash of the file matches. https://blog.thinkbox.dev/posts/0005-esxi-save-state/ Thu, 15 Aug 2019 22:59:00 -0400 https://blog.thinkbox.dev/posts/0005-esxi-save-state/ Saving the configuration state of a standalone ESXi server will allow for the restoration of all configurations if a new instance is installed. This will include all virtual machines registrations, switches, port groups, and system configurations. Backing Up State Running auto-backup.sh will write the current configuration onto the disk, which is stored in /bootbank/state.tgz. ESXi has a cronjob that will run this script every hour, however, if there was a change made recently and you are backing up the configuration it would be best to run this script.