Upgrading Esxi 5.5.0 straight to the latest build?

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yu130960

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Just looked up the available patches for 5.5.0 and was wondering if I can skip the 5.5.0u1 patch and go straight to the latest patch to include the NFS fix and all other fixes.

Just want to avoid a step. I know the patches are cumulative but it is still unclear to me whether I need to go to u1 first and then to the latest patch or whether I can go straight from 5.5.0 (unpatched).

Latest Patch =
ESXi550-201407001 Product:ESXi (Embedded and Installable) 5.5.0 Size:655.9 MB
 

yu130960

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Found my answer elsewhere and thought I would post here to be helpful:

source: Understanding ESXi Patches – Finding Patches | VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs

Kyle GleedMarch 2, 2012 at 1:26 pm
Say Patch01 includes updates for the following VIBs: “esxi-base”, “driver10″ and “driver 44″. And then later Patch02 comes out with updates to “esxi-base”, “driver20″ and “driver 44″.
P2 is cumulative in that the “esxi-base” and “driver44″ VIBs will include the updates in Patch01. However, it’s important to note that Patch02 not include the “driver 10″ VIB as that module was not updated.
So yes patches are cumulative, but you need to pay attention to the VIBs included in each patch as we may not include all VIBs with the patch.
Note, if we update VIB the patch will include any dependent VIBs even if they weren’t updated.