patches.json Generation

[chall32]

Hello,

How is patches.json generated?

Or is it obtained from VMware?

[karimhabush]

Hello,

patches.json is not being generated, it should be exported from VMWare ESXi official Patch Tracker.
You can find it here : https://esxi-patches.v-front.de/ESXi-7.0.0.html

However, it would be great if we could automate that as well!

Karim,

[chall32]

Try this:

$BuildNumber = "20842708"
Add-EsxSoftwareDepot https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml
$Image = Get-EsxImageProfile | Where Name -Like "*$BuildNumber-standard*"
$Image.VibList | Sort-Object | Select-Object Name,Version | ConvertTo-Json

Add-EsxSoftwareDepot and Get-EsxImageProfile are slow to get the data and complete (for me at least), so give them time to finish 😉

[karimhabush]

Works like a charm!!! That will be a great addition!😃