Openfire Update

1. Stop openfire service

2. Make a backup of installation directory

3. unzip the latest tar  (4_7_4).tar.gz and move to   /opt/openfire 

4. put backuped  conf – embedded-db – plugins – und resources – to  /opt/openfire kopieren

5. start service

VMware ESXi Updates and Patches

 in case you want to do an offline update:

esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-8.0U3-24022510-standard --depot=/vmfs/volumes/ESX4-datastore/ISO/VMware-ESXi-8.0U3-24022510-depot.zip

esxcli software profile  update -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/VMware-ESXi-8.0b-21203435-depot.zip -p ESXi-8.0b-21203435-standard

you need the profile:

esxcli software sources profile list -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ISO/VMware-ESXi-8.0U2c-23825572-depot.zip

Then:

esxcli software profile update --depot=/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ISO/VMware-ESXi-8.0U2c-23825572-depot.zip --profile= what you got above

to check: tail -f /var/log/esxupdate.log

VMWare ESXi 6.7 missing datastore

 in case you miss your datastore after an ESXi update:

 esxcli storage vmfs snapshot list

esxcfg-volume -l

esxcfg-volume -M "here your label like 4dffdg504bf-ddfg4gthfdf-dfgd-0dfgddfga

Axis cam reset

In case you have trouble with your Axis cam.

Try this to reset:

//<servername>/axis-cgi/factorydefault.cgi

ESXi VMWARE Custom Boot Image

 In case you struggle with a missing RAID driver....

1.) Install Windows PowerShell 4.8

2.) Install Python 3.7 from https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-370/.

Download the script get-pip.py  from https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py.

Install it with python.exe get-pip.py

Install the required Python modules \Scripts\pip3.7.exe install six psutil lxml pyopenssl

In PowerShell: Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -PythonPath <python3.7-directory>\python.exe -Scope User

In PowerShell: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Create your own working directory: i.e. VMISO

Cd C:\VMISO

Add your Software

Add-EsxSoftwareDepot .\VMware-ESXi-xxx-depot.zip

Add your Driver

Add-EsxSoftwareDepot .\aacraid-xxxxbundle-1475991.zip

Check your work:

$DefaultSoftwareDepots

Get-EsxImageProfile

Create your new image:

New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile ESXixxx-standard

Name your new own bundle

Set-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile "yourBundle" -AcceptanceLevel VMwareCertified

Check, if your driver is included:

Get-EsxSoftwarePackage

Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile "yourBundle" -FilePath C:\VMISO\VMISO.iso -NoSignatureCheck -ExportToISO

Burn it to CD...

Have Fun...