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added instructions to update the ESXi System Image
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=== Addtional Information ===
 
=== Addtional Information ===
===== How to make the statically linked Rsync Binary =====
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===== How to update the ESXi System Image =====
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Shutdown the ESXi server. Remove the USB Memory stick and plug it into a linux computer.
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run the <tt>dmesg</tt> command to find out the device the memory stick is assigned to. The following example assumes that it is /dev/sdf. Replace is by the correct device.
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mkdir -p /mnt/esxi
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mount -t vfat /dev/sdf5 /mnt/esxi
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Save local.tgz and the bexi/ directory to the local machine
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cp -a /mnt/esxi/local.tgz /mnt/esxi/bexi .
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umount /mnt/esxi
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Download the ISO from the [http://www.vmware.com/download/esxi/ VMWare website] and extract the image.
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mount -o loop VMware-VMvisor-InstallerCD*iso /mnt/esxi/
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mkdir -p /tmp/esxi
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tar -xvzf /mnt/esxi/install.tgz -C /tmp/esxi/
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umount /mnt/esxi
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cd /tmp/esxi/usr/lib/vmware/installer/
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bzip2 -d VMware-VMvisor-big*.dd.bz2
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Write the new image to the memory stick. Make sure that you use the correct target device of=...
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dd if=VMware-VMvisor-big-3.5.0_Update_3-123629.i386.dd of=/dev/sdf
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rm -rf /tmp/esxi
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Copy local.tgz and the bexi/ directory to the memory stick.
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mount -t vfat /dev/sdf5 /mnt/esxi
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cp -a local.tgz bexi /mnt/esxi
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umount /mnt/esxi
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Plug the memory stick into the ESXi server and power on.
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Note: Alternatively you can install the new ESXi image on a second memory stick and then remote copy local.tgz and bexi/ from the running ESXi. Then shut down the ESXi server, replace the stick and power on. This minimizes the down time.
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===== How to make a statically linked Rsync Binary =====
    
1. download the source from http://rsync.samba.org/
 
1. download the source from http://rsync.samba.org/
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