The NSX Manager is the central component of NSX. It is a single VM which is deployed as appliance. How to do the few steps to deploy the machine is explained here…
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Just one month after releasing vCenter Update1e VMware released the Update 1f for vCenter Server.
The Update patches the vCSA operating system (Photon OS) against Spectre-1 (CVE-2017-5753) and Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754).
A patch for the Spectre-2-vulnerability (CVE-2017-5715) is still not availiable.
The full information about the vCenter updates can be found here: vCenter 6.5 Update 1f
Version: vCenter Server 6.5 Update 1f (6.5.0.14100)
Build: 7801515
How to update the VCSA can be found here: Update VCSA 6.5
VMware released a new update for the vCenter. The Update mainly focuses fixing the Spectre and Meltdown issue.
For more information you can find the release notes here: vCenter 6.5 Update 1e
Version: vCenter Server 6.5 Update 1e (6.5.0.14000)
Build: 7515524
How to update the VCSA can be found here: Update VCSA 6.5
To update your VCSA follow the steps below. The pictures maybe show different version numbers, but I’ve tested it with the listed versions.
Preparation:
- Check all dependencies! Go to VMware Product Interoperability Matrices and check for example the Interoperability of VMware NSX and vCenter. Maybe you need one interim step for your update/upgrade.
Installation:
If your appliance don’t have a connection to the internet you will have to download the FullPatch from VMware.
- Select VC and 6.5.0
- Select the FP file for the appliance (example)
- VCSA 6.5 Update 1e (VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-6.5.0.14000-7515524-patch-FP.iso)
- Mount the ISO to you vCenter Server Appliance
- Select Check CDROM instead of Repository in my guide.
With internet connection follow these few steps
- Login to the appliance management (VAMI) https://your.vcenter.appliance:5480
- Go to Update and click on Check Updates and then Check Repository (or CDROM for those who install from ISO)
- After that the Appliance should show you the new update. Click on Install Update and then Install All Updates
- Accept the License Agreement and click Install
- [optional] Join or leave the CEIP (Customer Experience Improvement Program) and click on Install
- After that the update will run several minutes.
- The last step you have to do is to reboot the appliance
- Go to the Summary Tab and click on Reboot
- After initialization the vCenter Server appliance is back online and ready for work
- If you have select that root password doesn’t expire you have to set this again. Every update activates the expiration of root.
UPDATE: With vCenter Server Update 1d / Update 1e / Update 1f the root expiration was still disabled after the update.
Maybe VMware now check the setting and keeps it. But I would recommend to check it after every update
