Hello all.
So, we've been having some trouble on our stand-alone ESXi host when attempting to login to the Embedded Host Client. When we login we keep getting exception errors, and sometime it won't allow us into the Client at all. Usually if we just refresh the page immediately after logging in, we can access the Host Client. Still, it's causing problems and it's definitely time to upgrade/update the Host Client.
A bit of info:
We are running ESXI 6.5.0 (Build: 4887370)
the version of the Embedded Host client we are running currently (the one with the problems) is: "esx-ui_1.8.0-4516221"
We have SSH enabled and I have downloaded the most current esx-ui.vib (esxui-signed-12086396) from the "Flings" page - however I'm a bit concerned because these seem to be "preview" builds only and we NEED as stable release.
My question is this:
1) for our case should we update the client or should we simply do a clean install of the most current version of the Embedded Host Client?
a) what I mean is: From our SSH console, should we uninstall esx-ui_1.8.0-4516621 and run esxcli software vib install -v http://..., or should be just update using esxcli software vib update -v http://...
2) Will this download page (http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmw-tools/esxui/esxui_signed.vib) provide me with the most current stable release?
3) Finally, is there a better way to do this other than using VUM?
Thanks for any assistance
-JustinC