When I install new ESX4 Hosts, most of the time I patch them manually, have the patches with me on a USB Stick. This saves me lot of time. Use following cli command on ESX4 to put the host into maintenance mode: vimsh -n -e /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter Put the Patch Archive e.g. ESX400-200909001.zip  to the ESX4 [...]

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