If your environment is offline, i.e. totally disconnected from the internet, it can be tough to update things. I’ve dealt with this with WSUS, SCCM, and now VMware Tools. Let’s make it easy. The Hard Way Updating Tools on the ESXi host required uploading to the datastore, chmodding, some esxcli commands, …

Ok if you understand the title of this post you are officially old. Welcome to this blog. It will probably die. But I will try to post the things I learn so I can share the knowledge and hopefully people searching for weird niche issues can find solutions. I really need to thank Chrissy LeMaire (Twitter, Github) for …