The command vihostupdate allows you to extract patch files and to install them on your host.
To extract the contents of patch use this command.
vihostupdate.pl --server <server_name> -b ESXe350-200712401-O-BG.zip
To install the patch run the following command.
vihostupdate.pl --server <server_name> -i -m ESXe350-200712401-O-BG.zip/metadata.xml
To extract and install the patch in one step run the following command.
vihostupdate.pl --server <server_name> -i -b ESXe350-200712401-O-BG.zip
Notes
– the command will extract the patch into the current folder from which you run the vihostupdate.pl command
– at this time you must specify the server to connect to even if you are just extracting the patch