VMware ESXi Release and Build Number History – A must for confirming your ESXi hosts are up to date!

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The following listings are a comprehensive collection of the flagship hypervisor product by VMware. All bold versions are downloadable releases.

vSphere ESXi 6.0

Name Version Release Build
ESXi600-201511001 ESXi 6.0 Express Patch 4 2015-11-25 3247720
ESXi600-201510001 ESXi 6.0 Update 1a 2015-10-06 3073146
VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 1 ESXi 6.0 Update 1 2015-09-10 3029758
ESXi600-201507001 ESXi 6.0b 2015-07-07 2809209
ESXi600-201505001 ESXi 6.0 Express Patch 2 2015-05-14 2715440
ESXi600-201504001 ESXi 6.0 Express Patch 1 2015-04-09 2615704
VMware ESXi 6.0 ESXi 6.0 GA 2015-03-12 2494585

 vSphere ESXi 5.5

Name Version Release Build
ESXi550-201512001 2015-12-08 3248547
ESXi550-201510001 ESXi 5.5 Update 3a 2015-10-06 3116895
VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 3 ESXi 5.5 Update 3 2015-09-16 3029944
ESXi550-201505002 ESXi 5.5 Patch 5 2015-05-08 2718055
ESXi550-201504002 Recalled 2015-04-30 2702864
ESXi550-201504001 ESXi 5.5 Express Patch 7 2015-04-07 2638301
ESXi550-201502001 ESXi 5.5 Express Patch 6 2015-02-05 2456374
ESXi550-201501001 ESXi 5.5 Patch 4 2015-01-27 2403361
ESXi550-201412001 ESXi 5.5 Express Patch 5 2014-12-02 2302651
ESXi550-201410001 ESXi 5.5 Patch 3 2014-10-15 2143827
VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 2 ESXi 5.5 Update 2 2014-09-09 2068190
ESXi550-201407001 ESXi 5.5 Patch 2 2014-07-01 1892794
ESXi550-201406001 ESXi 5.5 Express Patch 4 2014-06-10 1881737
ESXi550-201404020 ESXi 5.5 Express Patch 3 2014-04-19 1746974
ESXi550-201404001 ESXi 5.5 Update 1a 2014-04-19 1746018
VMware ESXi 5.5.1 Driver Rollup 2014-03-11 1636597
VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 1 ESXi 5.5 Update 1 2014-03-11 1623387
ESXi550-201312001 ESXi 5.5 Patch 1 2013-12-22 1474528
vSAN Beta Refresh 2013-11-25 1439689
VMware ESXi 5.5 ESXi 5.5 GA 2013-09-22 1331820

vSphere ESXi 5.1

Name Version Release Build
ESXi510-201510001 2015-10-01 3070626
ESXi510-201503001 5.1.0 Patch 7 2015-03-26 2583090
VMware ESXi 5.1 Update 3 5.1.0 U3 2014-12-04 2323236
ESXi510-201410001 5.1.0 Patch 6 2014-10-31 2191751
ESXi510-201407001 5.1.0 Patch 5 2014-07-31 2000251
ESXi510-201406001 5.1.0 Express Patch 5 2014-06-17 1900470
ESXi510-201404001 5.1.0 Patch 4 2014-04-29 1743533
ESXi510-201402001 5.1.0 Express Patch 4 2014-02-27 1612806
VMware ESXi 5.1 Update 2 5.1.0 U2 2014-01-16 1483097
ESXi510-201310001 5.1.0 Patch 3 2013-10-17 1312873
ESXi510-201307001 5.1.0 Patch 2 2013-07-25 1157734
ESXi510-201305001 5.1.0 Express Patch 3 2013-05-22 1117900
VMware ESXi 5.1 Update 1 5.1.0 U1 2013-04-25 1065491
ESXi510-201303001 5.1.0 Express Patch 2 2013-03-07 1021289
ESXi510-201212001 5.1.0 Patch 1 2012-12-20 914609
ESXi510-201210001 5.1.0a 2012-10-24 838463
KB2034796 5.1.0 Hot-Patch 837262
VMware ESXi 5.1 5.1.0 GA 2012-09-11 799733

vSphere ESXi 5.0

Name Version Release Build
ESXi500-201510001 2015-10-01 3086167
ESXi500-201502001 5.0.0 Patch 11 2015-02-26 2509828
ESXi500-201412001 5.0.0 Patch 10 2014-12-04 2312428
ESXi500-201408001 5.0.0 Patch 9 2014-08-28 2000308
ESXi500-201407001 5.0.0 Express Patch 6 2014-07-01 1918656
ESXi500-201405001 5.0.0 Patch 8 2014-05-29 1851670
ESXi500-201401001 5.0.0 Patch 7 2014-01-23 1489271
VMware ESXi 5.0 Update 3 5.0.0 U3 2013-10-17 1311175
ESXi500-201308001 5.0.0 Patch 6 2013-08-29 1254542
ESXi500-201305001 5.0.0 Express Patch 5 2013-05-15 1117897
ESXi500-201303001 5.0.0 Patch 5 2013-03-28 1024429
VMware ESXi 5.0 Update 2 5.0.0 U2 2012-12-20 914586
ESXi500-201209001 5.0.0 Patch 4 2012-09-27 821926
ESXi500-201207001 5.0.0 Patch 3 2012-07-12 768111
ESXi500-201206001 5.0.0 Express Patch 4 2012-06-14 721882
ESXi500-201205001 5.0.0 Express Patch 3 2012-05-03 702118
ESXi500-201204001 5.0.0 Express Patch 2 2012-04-12 653509
VMware ESXi 5.0 Update 1 5.0.0 U1 2012-03-15 623860
ESXi500-201112001 5.0.0 Patch 2 2011-12-15 515841
ESXi500-201111001 5.0.0 Express Patch 1 2011-11-03 504890
ESXi500-201109001 5.0.0 Patch 1 2011-09-13 474610
VMware ESXi 5.0 5.0.0 2011-08-24 469512

vSphere ESXi 4.1

Name Version Release Build
ESXi410-201404001 4.1.0 Patch 11 2014-04-10 1682698
ESXi410-201312001 4.1.0 Patch 10 2013-12-05 1363503
ESXi410-201307001 4.1.0 Patch 9 2013-07-31 1198252
ESXi410-201304001 4.1.0 Patch 8 2013-04-30 1050704
ESXi410-201301001 4.1.0 Patch 7 2013-01-31 988178
ESXi410-201211001 4.1.0 Patch 6 2012-11-15 874690
VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 3 4.1.0 U3 2012-08-30 800380
ESXi410-201206001 4.1.0 Express Patch 3 2012-06-14 721871
ESXi410-201205001 4.1.0 Express Patch 2 2012-05-03 702113
ESXi410-201204001 4.1.0 Patch 5 2012-04-26 659051
ESXi410-201201001 4.1.0 Patch 4 2012-01-30 582267
VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 2 4.1.0 U2 2011-10-27 502767
ESXi410-201107001 4.1.0 Patch 3 2011-07-28 433742
ESXi410-201104001 4.1.0 Patch 2 2011-04-28 381591
VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 1 4.1.0 U1 2011-02-10 348481
ESXi410-201011001 4.1.0 Express Patch 1 2010-11-29 320137
ESXi410-201010001 4.1.0 Patch 1 2010-11-15 320092
VMware ESXi 4.1 4.1.0 2010-07-13 260247

 

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2 thoughts on “VMware ESXi Release and Build Number History – A must for confirming your ESXi hosts are up to date!”

    Mark Nudelman said:
    October 3, 2015 at 12:06 pm

    The living KB article with all this info is listed here: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1014508

    Just as a reference, since this KB is updated with every release that comes out. 🙂

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