Heartbleed remediation for vCenter (build 1750787), ESXi (build 1746018), Web Client Integration plug-in (build 1750778), vSphere C# client (build 1746248)

Glad to report the vCenter update went without a hitch on my home lab. As aways YMMV.

Updating to vCenter 5.5.0u1a - install in sequence following custom install. No reboot required. All other components remain the same as 5.5.0u1

Versions of updated 5.5.0u1a vCenter SSO, Inventory Service, Web Client and vCenter Server.

VMware Update Manager will be restarted during installation.

Web Client Integration Plugin will still have the same name as 5.5.0u1 but the build/version has been updated

vSphere Client updated to build 1746248. Not sure if it's only my home NAS that's slow but it looked like before updating, the stats and info page for ESXi hosts would not display properly.

vSphere Client not displaying ESXi stats properly (before updating; could also be caused by my storage backend)

RSA II Slimline Refresh 1 (Remote Supervisor Adapter II Slimline Refresh 1 - Part number 39Y9566)

This is a real PITA. Nothing like searching/googling, trawling through the net looking for this needle in the haystack.

Especially if your fingers are fast becoming frozen after spending 6 hours in a proper data center...

Adapter ships with old firmware and won't work with newer servers unless firmware is updated.

Firmware is also very difficult to find from IBM's website.

When you try to open a remote console (after installing the adapter) you'll hit this error:
The firmware on this ASM does not include functionality to support this server. You can update its firmware on the next page

In my case, had just added the (P/N 39Y9566 Remote Supervisor Adapter II Slimline refresh 1)


There are two packet files that to be updated in sequence:
1st - PAETBRUS.PKT
2nd - PAETMNUS.PKT


You can find the firmware update files here:
http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-64575&brandind=5000008