Vulnerability Remediation -VMWare vCenter 6.7 U1 to 6.7 U3f upgrade process
VCenter Patching release Date & version
| Version | Release Date | VAMI/Release Notes | Client/MOB/vpxd.log |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3n (6.7.0.48000) | 2021-05-25 | 18010531 | 18010599 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3m (6.7.0.47000) | 2021-03-18 | 17713310 | 17712750 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3l (6.7.0.46000) | 2020-11-19 | 17138064 | 17137327 |
vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3k (6.7.0.45100) | 2020-10-22 | 17028579 | 17028632 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3j (6.7.0.45000) | 2020-08-20 | 16708996 | 16709110 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3i (6.7.0.44200) | 2020-07-30 | 16616482 | 16616668 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3h (6.7.0.44100) | 2020-05-28 | 16275304 | 16243230 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3g (6.7.0.44000) | 2020-04-28 | 16046470 | 16046713 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3f (6.7.0.43000) | 2020-04-09 | 15976714 | 15976728 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3e (6.7.0.42300) | 2020-03-26 | 15808844 | 15808844 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3d (6.7.0.42200) | 2020-02-27 | 15679281 | 15679281 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3c (6.7.0.42100) | 2020-01-30 | 15505668 | 15505668 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3b (6.7.0.42000) | 2019-12-05 | 15132721 | 15129973 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3a (6.7.0.41000) | 2019-10-24 | 14836122 | 14792544 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3 (6.7.0.40000) | 2019-08-20 | 14367737 | 14368073 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 2c (6.7.0.32000) | 2019-07-16 | 14070457 | 14070654 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 2b (6.7.0.31100) | 2019-05-30 | 13843380 | 13843469 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 2a (6.7.0.31000) | 2019-05-14 | 13643870 | 13639324 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 U2 (6.7.0.30000) | 2019-04-11 | 13010631 | 13007421 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 U1b (6.7.0.21000) | 2019-01-17 | 11726888 | 11727113 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 U1a (6.7.0.20100) | 2018-12-20 | 11338176 | 11338799 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 U1 (6.7.0.20000) | 2018-10-16 | 10244745 | 10244857 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7d (6.7.0.14000) | 2018-08-14 | 9451876 | 9433931 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7c (6.7.0.13000) | 2018-07-26 | 9232925 | 9232942 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7b (6.7.0.12000) | 2018-06-28 | 8832884 | 8833179 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7a (6.7.0.11000) | 2018-05-22 | 8546234 | 8546293 |
| vCenter Appliance 6.7 (6.7.0.10000) | 2018-04-17 | 8217866 |
VCenter Upgrade Process
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Refer the following URL to confirm version number you need for upgrade
- Backup the VCSA from VAMI Console
- Clone the vCenter VCSA
- Snapshot
- Backup
Backup vCenter Server Appliance 6.5
Log in to vCenter Server Appliance IP/FQDN VAMI URL - **https://IP_OR_FQDN:5480 **
Once logged in VAMI console go to **Summary **and click Backup.
Click Backup and provide FTP/FTPS server details.
On the next page choose if you wish to backup inventory and configuration or if you wish to include SEAT Database (Statistics, Events, and Tasks)
On the last screen, we see the summary of FTP/FTPS backup.
After few minutes vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) is successfully backed up.
Step 1. Log into the VAMI
Log into the browser of your choice and type: https://FQDNorIPofvCenter:5480
Log in as root
Step 2. Pre-checks
Go to Update > 6.7.0.43000 which was released on Apr 8, 2020 > click RUN PRE-UPDATE CHECKS
If passed move onto step 3.
Step 3. STAGE AND INSTALL
You can stage only to stage the code and upgrade later or you can click stage and install and begin the upgrade.
At 70% the console will go blank and a refresh will bring you back to the screen and continue with it’s status update.
Now refresh screen and it should take you back to the update section
From the VAAMI you can see we are at the desired code level
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