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they are typically not called patches, per se, just upgrades. &nbsp;rule of thumb is to have your vcenter version as high or higher than your hosts. &nbsp;e.g. if your hosts are V5 U1, then your vcenter server should at least be V5 U1 and if you wanted to upgrade your hosts to V5.1, then upgrade your VC to 5.1 first.<br />
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you can go to <a href="http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/subscription" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/subscription</a>&nbsp;and login with your VMware account to get notices of product updates/alerts.
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they are typically not called patches, per se, just upgrades.  rule of thumb is to have your vcenter version as high or higher than your hosts.  e.g. if your hosts are V5 U1, then your vcenter server should at least be V5 U1 and if you wanted to upgrade your hosts to V5.1, then upgrade your VC to 5.1 first.

you can go to http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/subscription [http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/subscription] and login with your VMware account to get notices of product updates/alerts.

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So there are no &quot;minor versions&quot; in between 5.0 and 5.1?
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So there are no "minor versions" in between 5.0 and 5.1?

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How are patches to the vCenter server itself handled? How can I check for and apply patches to it?
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How are patches to the vCenter server itself handled? How can I check for and apply patches to it?

Patching vCenter server

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