vCenter 6.5 Update 1d (2017-12-19)

[tinto1970]

hi folks,

most people are at home so i have time to perform some updates: just finished with Veeam's Update3 (no issues yet) and i'd like to refresh my VCSA.
I noticed that the last version has been released on 19th so i guess i'd be a very early adopter if i proceed today.

Has anyone (maybe someone having a lab/test environment) or Veeam QA already tried the 9.5U3/6.5U1d combination?
Thanks in advance.

[foggy]

Hi Alessandro, I've asked around, our QA haven't yet deployed this update in the lab, but plan to do this next week. I will share if they see any issues.

[KeiichiKun]

Hi,
I've tested 6.5U1d+9.5U3 without issues

[jmmarton]

I updated my VCSA at home yesterday to Update 1d from 12/29 and also my host using the latest HPE customized Update 1 imagine from 11/30. My backups finished without any problems last night though one Linux VM complained that vmtools isn't running. I probably need to update the tools since I upgraded the host.

Joe

[tinto1970]

hi, yesterday i've updated one of my VCSA up to 6.5U1d.
No (new) issues with that.

I'm still waiting to update the ESXi to the same version: it seems the iusses causing PSOD are finally resolved. I expect to read about that in next monday's "Word from Gostev"
P.S.: it seems that yesterday they have released the esxi patch for Meltdown&Spectre

[lightsout]

Likewise, upgraded and not had any issues.

[tjgarvin]

I patched mine up on the 3rd as I was having some issues with the web server on it. Running perfectly since.

[Pat490]

already more new Updates... 6.5U1e

[lando_uk]

Yup, all new vcenter and esxi builds for Meltdown fixes.
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisor ... -0004.html

These latest builds have new features - Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigation for branch target injection https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/52085

VMware Requirements

Ensure that your VMs are using Hardware Version 9 or higher. For best performance, Hardware Version 11 or higher is recommended. VMware Knowledge Base article 1010675 discusses Hardware Versions.

Veeam testing would be great, thanks.

[aschalk]

Hi Alessandro, I've asked around, our QA haven't yet deployed this update in the lab, but plan to do this next week. I will share if they see any issues.

Hey foggy,

as you did not share anything can one assume the update is fine?

[foggy]

Yes, we haven't seen any issues during our tests.

[tinto1970]

i have updated to 1e, no issues