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Perform the following steps to patch an ESX/ESXi host:
1. Launch the vSphere Client if it is not already running, and connect to a vCenter Server
instance.
2. Switch to the Hosts And Clusters view by using the navigation bar, by using the
Ctrl+Shift+H keyboard shortcut, or by selecting View
Inventory
Hosts And Clusters.
3. Select an ESX/ESXi host from the inventory tree on the left.
4. From the contents pane on the right, select the Update Manager tab. You might need to
scroll through the available tabs to see the Update Manager tab.
5. In the lower-right corner of the window, click the Remediate button. You can also right-
click the ESX/ESXi host and select Remediate from the context menu.
6. The Remediate dialog box opens, as shown in Figure 4.26. From here, select the baselines
or baseline groups that you want to apply. Click Next.
Figure 4.26
h e Remediate
dialog box allows
you to select the
baselines or base-
line groups against
which you would
like to remediate an
ESX/ESXi host.
7. Deselect any patches or extensions that you don't want applied to the ESX/ESXi host.
This allows you to customize the exact list of patches. Click Next after you've deselected
any patches to exclude.
8. Specify a name and description for the remediation task. Also, choose whether you want
the remediation to occur immediately or whether it should run at a specii c time.
Figure 4.27 shows these options.
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