Last week i published a blog post where i outlined how to install an Apache web server on a CentOS virtual machine (VM). The web server was required to install, update and upgrade a few other applications and one of them was the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) from version 5.5.0 Update 1c to the latest available version 5.5.0 Update 2a version.
This is something i have done several times in the past with one exception. This time i didn’t have any internet connectivity so i couldn’t use the default repository vapp-updates.vmware.com.
I used the following procedure to successfully update my VCSA.
- Download the VMware vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2a Appliance ZIP file from the VMware download page found here.
- Copy the vCSA zip file to the jump PC available for accessing the vSphere environment.
- Upload the ZIP file to my Linux based web server.
- Unzip the zip file using the unzip command:
- unzip VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-5.5.0.20100-2170515-updaterepo.zip
- created the visa directory in the web server document root
- mkdir /var/www/html/vcsa
- moved the unzipped content to the /var/www/html/vcsa directory
- mv manifest /var/www/html/vcsa/
- mv package-pool /var/www/html/vcsa/
- run the command restore con to avoid potential permission problems
- restorecon -r /var/www/html
- Log in to the VCSA web management interface using the https://ip-address:5480 address. In my case https://10.10.100.151:5480
- Click the update tab
- Click the Settings button and change the Update Repository from “Use Default Repository” to “Use Specified Repository”. In my case http://10.10.100.182/vcsa
- Click the Status button and click Check Updates to verify if any updates are available.
- It take a few seconds before the check is finished.
- Click Install Updates and the following page appears.
- When the upgrade is finished you’ll have to log on again.
- Go tho the Update section.
- As you can see you are required to reboot the appliance after the upgrade is completed.
- You reboot the VCSA via the System tab.
- Login once more after the reboot and verify the update has completed.
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