Great Balls of Frustration... could the documentation be anymore confusing and convoluted regarding the process of patching an ESX server via the Linux remote cli. No, I am not running windows, and no I am not on the local ESX console, and no I am not running the Vmware Management Appliance, and most of all, no I do not want outdated instructions from 2008. I just want to download some patches to my local linux destop and patch my ESX servers. Specifically I want to install the latest and greatest Qlogic drivers to troubleshoot a SAN connectivity issue that I will probably blog about at a later date. Anyway here is how I did what I needed to do without resorting to using a windows box.