{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Brainlitter - Inside the mind of Sean Wallbridge","provider_url":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter","author_name":"Sean Wallbridge","author_url":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/author\/swallbridge\/","title":"Patching Standalone ESX4 using vSphere CLI on Windows - Brainlitter - Inside the mind of Sean Wallbridge","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cse6eBoeVZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/2009\/08\/27\/patching-standalone-esx4-using-vsphere-cli-on-windows\/\">Patching Standalone ESX4 using vSphere CLI on Windows<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/2009\/08\/27\/patching-standalone-esx4-using-vsphere-cli-on-windows\/embed\/#?secret=cse6eBoeVZ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Patching Standalone ESX4 using vSphere CLI on Windows&#8221; &#8212; Brainlitter - Inside the mind of Sean Wallbridge\" data-secret=\"cse6eBoeVZ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Thanks to Robert from our office for this visual walkthrough of the ESX4 patching process, when you don&#8217;t have Virtual Center. ESXi 4 hosts can be patched using the GUI tool VMHostUpdate. ESX4 hosts, on the other hand, have to be patched manually if there is no vCenter involved in managing the host. There are &hellip;"}