Do you want to know the release history of VMware ESXi and its version number? Then here you can get all details.
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Version release history:
Version release history of VMware ESX :
S.NO | VMware ESX | Year of Release |
|---|---|---|
1 | VMware ESX 1.5 | |
2 | VMware ESX 2.0 | 21 July 2003 |
3 | VMware ESX 2.5 | 14 December 2004 |
4 | VMware Infrastructure 3.0 | 5 June 2006 |
5 | VMware vSphere 4.0 | 20 May 2009 |
The following chart shows you the version with its date of release in a diagrammatic view.
Bar chart
Let see the detailed Versions of Vmware ESX and ESXi with its number
Table shows ESXi versions
| S.No | Version | Release Date | Patch Number | Build In Number |
| 1. | ESX 4.0 GA | Thursday, May 21, 2009 | 164009 | N/A |
| 2. | ESX 4.0 Eval | 171294 | N/A | |
| 3. | ESX 4.0 Patch 1 | Thursday, July 09, 2009 | 175625 | N/A |
| 4. | ESX 4.0 Patch 2 | Thursday, September 24, 2009 | 193498 | N/A |
| 5. | ESX 4.0 Update 1 | Thursday, November 19, 2009 | 208167 | N/A |
| 6. | ESX 4.0 Patch 3 | Wednesday, January 06, 2010 | 219382 | N/A |
| 7. | ESX 4.0 Patch 4 | Wednesday, March 03, 2010 | 236512 | N/A |
| 8. | ESX 4.0 Patch 5 | Thursday, April 01, 2010 | 244038 | N/A |
| 9. | ESX 4.0 Patch 6 | Thursday, May 27, 2010 | 256968 | N/A |
| 10. | ESX 4.0 Update 2 | Thursday, June 10, 2010 | 261974 | N/A |
| 11. | ESX 4.0 Patch 7 | Thursday, September 30, 2010 | 294855 | N/A |
| 12. | ESX 4.0 Patch 8 | Tuesday, January 04, 2011 | 332073 | N/A |
| 13. | ESX 4.0 Patch 9 | Monday, March 07, 2011 | 360236 | N/A |
| 14. | ESX 4.0 Update 3 | Thursday, May 05, 2011 | 403553 | 398348 |
| 15. | ESXi 4.0 Update 3 | Thursday, May 05, 2011 | 403554 | 398348 |
| 16. | ESX 4.0 Patch 10 | Thursday, October 13, 2011 | 480973 | N/A |
| 17. | ESXi 4.0 Update 4 | Thursday, November 17, 2011 | 523315 | 504850 |
| 18. | ESX 4.0 Patch 11 | Friday, March 30, 2012 | 660575 | N/A |
| 19. | ESX 4.0 Express Patch 7 | Thursday, May 03, 2012 | 702116 | N/A |
| 20. | ESX 4.0 Express Patch 8 | Thursday, June 14, 2012 | 721907 | N/A |
| 21. | ESX 4.0 Patch 12 | Friday, September 14, 2012 | 787047 | N/A |
| 22. | ESX 4.0 Express Patch 9 | Thursday, February 07, 2013 | 989856 | N/A |
| 23. | ESX 4.0 Patch 13 | Wednesday, May 30, 2012 | 1070634 | N/A |
| 24. | ESX 4.0 Patch 14 | Thursday, October 24, 2013 | 1335992 | N/A |
| 25. | ESX 4.0 Patch 15 | Wednesday, October 01, 2014 | 2167889 | N/A |
| 26. | ESX 4.1 GA | Tuesday, July 13, 2010 | 260247 | N/A |
| 27. | ESX 4.1 Patch 1 | Tuesday, November 16, 2010 | 320092 | N/A |
| 28. | ESX 4.1 Express Patch 1 | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 | 320381 | 320137 |
| 29. | ESX 4.1 Update 1 | Thursday, February 10, 2011 | 351621 | 348481 |
| 30. | ESXi 4.1 Update 1 | Thursday, February 10, 2011 | 351620 | 348481 |
| 31. | ESX 4.1 Patch 2 | Thursday, April 28, 2011 | 381591 | 396960 |
| 32. | ESXi 4.1 Patch 2 | Thursday, April 28, 2011 | 381591 | 382386 |
| 33. | ESXi/ESX 4.1 Patch 3 | Thursday, July 28, 2011 | 433742 | N/A |
| 34. | ESXi/ESX 4.1 Update 2 | Thursday, October 27, 2011 | 502767 | N/A |
| 35. | ESXi/ESX 4.1 Update 3 | Thursday, August 30, 2012 | 800380 | N/A |
| 36. | ESXi/ESX 4.1 Patch 4 | Monday, January 30, 2012 | 582267 | N/A |
| 37. | ESXi/ESX 4.1 Patch 5 | Thursday, April 26, 2012 | 659051 | N/A |
| 38. | ESXi/ESX 4.1 Express Patch 2-1 | Thursday, May 03, 2012 | 702113 | N/A |
| 39. | ESXi/ESX 4.1 Express Patch 3 | Thursday, June 14, 2012 | 721871 | N/A |
| 40. | ESXi/ESX 4.1 Patch 6 | Thursday, November 15, 2012 | 874690 | N/A |
| 41. | ESXi/ESX 4.1 Patch 7 | Thursday, January 31, 2013 | 988178 | N/A |
| 42. | ESXi/ESX 4.1 Patch 8 | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 | 1050704 | N/A |
| 43. | ESXi/ESX 4.1 Patch 9 | Wednesday, July 31, 2013 | 1198252 | N/A |
| 44. | ESXi/ESX 4.1 Patch 10 | Thursday, December 05, 2013 | 1363503 | N/A |
| 45. | ESXi/ESX 4.1 Patch 11 | Thursday, April 10, 2014 | 1682698 | N/A |
| 46. | ESX 4.1 Patch 11a | Wednesday, October 01, 2014 | 2168595 | N/A |
| 47. | ESXi 5.0 GA | Wednesday, August 24, 2011 | 469512 | 469965 |
| 48. | ESXi 5.0 Patch 1 | Tuesday, September 13, 2011 | 474610 | 474643 |
| 49. | ESXi 5.0 Express Patch 1 | Thursday, November 03, 2011 | 504890 | N/A |
| 50. | ESXi 5.0 Patch 2 | Thursday, December 15, 2011 | 515841 | N/A |
| 51. | ESXi 5.0 Update 1 | Thursday, March 15, 2012 | 623860 | N/A |
| 52. | ESXi 5.0 Express Patch 2 | Thursday, April 12, 2012 | 653509 | N/A |
| 53. | ESXi 5.0 Express Patch 3 | Thursday, May 03, 2012 | 702118 | N/A |
| 54. | ESXi 5.0 Express Patch 4 | Thursday, June 14, 2012 | 721882 | N/A |
| 55. | ESXi 5.0 Patch 3 | Thursday, July 12, 2012 | 768111 | N/A |
| 56. | ESXi 5.0 Patch 4 | Thursday, September 27, 2012 | 821926 | 822948 |
| 57. | ESXi 5.0 Update 2 | Thursday, December 20, 2012 | 914586 | N/A |
| 58. | ESXi 5.0 Patch 5 | Thursday, March 28, 2013 | 1024429 | N/A |
| 59. | ESXi 5.0 Express Patch 5 | Wednesday, May 15, 2013 | 1117897 | N/A |
| 60. | ESXi 5.0 Patch 6 | Thursday, August 29, 2013 | 1254542 | N/A |
| 61. | ESXi 5.0 Update 3 | Thursday, October 17, 2013 | 1311175 | N/A |
| 62. | ESXi 5.0 Patch 7 | Thursday, January 23, 2014 | 1489271 | N/A |
| 63. | ESXi 5.0 Patch 8 | Thursday, May 29, 2014 | 1851670 | N/A |
| 64. | ESXi 5.0 Express Patch 6 | Tuesday, July 01, 2014 | 1918656 | N/A |
| 65. | ESXi 5.0 Patch 9 | Thursday, August 28, 2014 | 2000308 | N/A |
| 66. | ESXi 5.0 Patch 10 | Thursday, December 04, 2014 | 2312428 | N/A |
| 67. | ESXi 5.0 Patch 11 | Tuesday, February 24, 2015 | 2509828 | N/A |
| 68. | ESXi 5.0 Patch 12 | Thursday, October 01, 2015 | 3086167 | N/A |
| 69. | ESXi 5.0 Patch 13 | Tuesday, June 14, 2016 | 3982828 | N/A |
| 70. | ESXi 5.1.0 GA | Monday, September 10, 2012 | 799733 | N/A |
| 71. | ESXi 5.1.0a | Thursday, October 25, 2012 | 838463 | N/A |
| 72. | ESXi 5.1 Patch 1 | Thursday, December 20, 2012 | 914609 | N/A |
| 73. | ESXi 5.1 Express Patch 2 | Thursday, March 07, 2013 | 1021289 | N/A |
| 74. | ESXi 5.1 Update 1 | Thursday, April 25, 2013 | 1065491 | N/A |
| 75. | ESXi 5.1 Express Patch 3 | Thursday, May 23, 2013 | 1117900 | N/A |
| 76. | ESXi 5.1 Patch 2 | Thursday, July 25, 2013 | 1157734 | N/A |
| 77. | ESXi 5.1 Patch 3 | Thursday, October 17, 2013 | 1312873 | N/A |
| 78. | ESXi 5.1 Update 2 | Thursday, January 16, 2014 | 1483097 | N/A |
| 79. | ESXi 5.1 Express Patch 4 | Thursday, February 27, 2014 | 1612806 | N/A |
| 80. | ESXi 5.1 Patch 4 | Tuesday, April 29, 2014 | 1743533 | N/A |
| 81. | ESXi 5.1 Express Patch 5 | Tuesday, June 17, 2014 | 1900470 | N/A |
| 82. | ESXi 5.1 Patch 5 | Thursday, July 31, 2014 | 2000251 | N/A |
| 83. | ESXi 5.1 Patch 6 | Thursday, October 30, 2014 | 2191751 | N/A |
| 84. | ESXi 5.1 Update 3 | Thursday, December 04, 2014 | 2323236 | N/A |
| 85. | ESXi 5.1 Patch 7 | Thursday, March 26, 2015 | 2583090 | N/A |
| 86. | ESXi 5.1 Patch 8 | Thursday, October 01, 2015 | 3070626 | N/A |
| 87. | ESXi 5.1 Patch 9 | Tuesday, May 24, 2016 | 3872664 | N/A |
| 88. | ESXi 5.5 GA | Sunday, September 22, 2013 | 1331820 | N/A |
| 89. | ESXi 5.5 Patch 1 | Sunday, December 22, 2013 | 1474528 | N/A |
| 90. | ESXi 5.5 Update 1 | Tuesday, March 11, 2014 | 1623387 | N/A |
| 91. | ESXi 5.5 Express Patch 3 | Saturday, April 19, 2014 | 1746974 | N/A |
| 92. | ESXi 5.5 Update 1a | Saturday, April 19, 2014 | 1746018 | N/A |
| 93. | ESXi 5.5 Express Patch 4 | Wednesday, June 11, 2014 | 1881737 | N/A |
| 94. | ESXi 5.5 Patch 2 | Tuesday, July 01, 2014 | 1892794 | N/A |
| 95. | ESXi 5.5 Update 2 | Tuesday, September 09, 2014 | 2068190 | N/A |
| 96. | ESXi 5.5 Patch 3 | Wednesday, October 15, 2014 | 2143827 | N/A |
| 97. | ESXi 5.5 Express Patch 5 | Tuesday, December 02, 2014 | 2302651 | N/A |
| 98. | ESXi 5.5 Patch 4 | Tuesday, January 27, 2015 | 2403361 | N/A |
| 99. | ESXi 5.5 Express Patch 6 | Thursday, February 05, 2015 | 2456374 | N/A |
| 100. | ESXi 5.5 Express Patch 7 | Tuesday, April 07, 2015 | 2638301 | N/A |
| 101. | ESXi 5.5 Patch 5 re-release | Friday, May 08, 2015 | 2718055 | N/A |
| 102. | ESXi 5.5 Update 3 | Wednesday, September 16, 2015 | 3029944 | N/A |
| 103. | ESXi 5.5 Update 3a | Tuesday, October 06, 2015 | 3116895 | N/A |
| 104. | ESXi 5.5 Update 3b | Tuesday, December 08, 2015 | 3248547 | N/A |
| 105. | ESXi 5.5 Express Patch 9 | Monday, January 04, 2016 | 3343343 | N/A |
| 106. | ESXi 5.5 Express Patch 10 | Monday, February 22, 2016 | 3568722 | N/A |
| 107. | ESXi 5.5 Patch 8 | Thursday, August 04, 2016 | 4179633 | N/A |
| 108. | ESXi 5.5 Patch 9 | Thursday, September 15, 2016 | 4345813 | 4362114 |
| 109. | ESXi 5.5 Patch 10 | Tuesday, December 20, 2016 | 4722766 | 4761836 |
| 110. | ESXi 5.5 Express Patch 11 | Tuesday, March 28, 2017 | 5230635 | NA |
| 111. | ESXi 6.0 GA | Thursday, March 12, 2015 | 2494585 | N/A |
| 112. | ESXi 6.0 Express Patch 1 | Thursday, April 09, 2015 | 2615704 | 2615979 |
| 113. | ESXi 6.0 Express Patch 2 | Thursday, May 14, 2015 | 2715440 | N/A |
| 114. | ESXi 6.0.0b | Tuesday, July 07, 2015 | 2809209 | N/A |
| 115. | ESXi 6.0 U1 | Thursday, September 10, 2015 | 3029758 | N/A |
| 116. | ESXi 6.0 U1a (Express Patch 3) | Tuesday, October 06, 2015 | 3073146 | N/A |
| 117. | ESXi 6.0 Express Patch 4 | Wednesday, November 25, 2015 | 3247720 | N/A |
| 118. | ESXi 6.0 Update 1b | Thursday, January 07, 2016 | 3380124 | N/A |
| 119. | ESXi 6.0 Express Patch 5 | Tuesday, February 23, 2016 | 3568940 | N/A |
| 120. | ESXi 6.0 Update 2 | Wednesday, March 16, 2016 | 3620759 | N/A |
| 121. | ESXi 6.0 Express Patch 6 | Thursday, May 12, 2016 | 3825889 | N/A |
| 122. | ESXi 6.0 Patch 3 | Thursday, August 04, 2016 | 4192238 | N/A |
| 123. | ESXi 6.0 Express Patch 7 | Monday, October 17, 2016 | 4510822 | N/A |
| 124. | ESXi 6.0 Patch 4 | Tuesday, November 22, 2016 | 4600944 | N/A |
| 125. | ESXi 6.0 Update 3 | Friday, February 24, 2017 | 5050593 | N/A |
| 126. | ESXi 6.0 Express Patch 7a | Tuesday, March 28, 2017 | 5224934 | N/A |
| 127. | ESXi 6.5 GA | Tuesday, November 15, 2016 | 4564106 | N/A |
| 128. | ESXi 6.5.0a | Thursday, February 02, 2017 | 4887370 | N/A |
| 129. | ESXi 6.5. Patch 01 | Thursday, March 09, 2017 | 5146846 | 5146843 |
| 130. | ESXi 6.5. Express Patch 1a | Tuesday, March 28, 2017 | 5224529 | NA |
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How to install VMware ESXi patch?
Here is the step by step process
First Step
- VMware portal have this patches in it. You have to download the patches from it. ( Initially you have create credential for the website by providing your Username and Password)
Second Step
- After enter to the VMware official side by providing your credential. You can see the list of patches which you want to get dowload. It will get download in the form of ZIP file.
Third Step
- By using vsphere C# or by using WinSCP you can upload it to a datasource.
Fourth Step
- Make your host site to maintenance mode and connect it with SSH. For connecting with SSH putty plays a best role you can make use of that.
Fifth Step
- Now you have to enable SSH for that you have to go to SSH and
- select the host -> configuration -> security profile -> services -> properties -> SSH.
Sixth Step:
Run the comment in the putty by connecting via SSH.
esxcli software vib install -c /vmfiles/volumes/ds/patch-directory/ESXi600-201708701.zip
“-c /vmfiles/volumes/ds/patch-directory/ESXi600-201708701.zip” this is location of my zip file. you can connect with your file location.
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