VCF 4.5.2 apply async patch ESXi 7u3s offline

Check your current VCF BOM version on the product your updating and also the https://interopmatrix.broadcom.com/Interoperability for any issues with versions.

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-5-2-and-earlier/4-5/vcf-release-notes/vmware-cloud-foundation-452-release-notes.html

Check the security advisory on what is available to patch for your vcf version

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/25390

Check release notes for issues on that version that may impact you

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/7-0/release-notes/esxi-update-and-patch-release-notes/vsphere-esxi-70u3s-release-notes.html

Login to the portal to download the async tools for your VCF version

https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx

Extract it

Bin directory has the tool required

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vcf/vcf-5-2-and-earlier/4-5/ap-tool-4-5/apply-an-async-patch-to-vmware-cloud-foundation-in-offline-mode.html

The following command to get a list of aysnc patches

vcf-async-patch-tool.bat --listAsyncPatch --du broadcomEmail@gmail.com

Run the following command with the patch details your are updating too.

mine is ESX_HOST 7.0.3-24585291 [VCF] bundle-210500

vcf-async-patch-tool.bat -d --patch ESX_HOST:7.0.3-24585291 --du broadcom_support_email --sku VCF --sddcManagerVersion 4.5.2.0

After downloaded use winscp to copy to sddc manager

Copy apToolBundles folder to /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/

Update permissions of the apToolBundles folder

Login to sddc manager via ssh vcf user

su

cd /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/

chmod -R 755 apToolBundles/

chown -R vcf:vcf apToolBundles/

Now copy the async tools to sddc manager

Copy the vcf-async-patch-tool-1.2.0.0 folder to /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/

Change permissions for the async tool folder

cd /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/

chmod -R 755 vcf-async-patch-tool-1.2.0.0

chown -R vcf:vcf vcf-async-patch-tool-1.2.0.0

Exit to be in vcf user mode

Now we will upload the patch to sddc Manager gui

cd /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/vcf-async-patch-tool-1.2.0.0/bin

./vcf-async-patch-tool -e --patch ESX_HOST:7.0.3-24585291 --sddcSSOUser administrator@vsphere.local --sddcSSHUser vcf --outputDirectory /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/apToolBundles --it OFFLINE

This process may update sddc manager to a higher version

Patch will be available to install in the sddc manager gui, click update management will be done first

Go through the update wizard

It will update each esxi host

New version is now showing

After completed mgmt and workload domains deactivate the patch from sddc manager

cd /nfs/vmware/vcf/nfs-mount/vcf-async-patch-tool-1.2.0.0/bin

./vcf-async-patch-tool --disableAllPatches --sddcSSOUser administrator@vsphere.local --sddcSSHUser vcf

Fyi This didn’t change my network card and storage adapter drivers