Wow its a whole new thing to learn... I'm lost at the first step, getting and configuring vma. Never heard of it. I guess these updates won't go on as soon as I hoped.. have to learn a whole new system.
So I downloaded this vma 4.0 package from that link and now where do I deploy it? I have 3 options.
At the remote office on an ESXi 4.0 server.
At the remote office on the ESXi 4.1 server I am currently trying to update.
At the headquarters, thinking it would talk to the ESXi 4.1 server I want to update over the WAN.
Once this is installed, then what... download every single file here: http://www.vmware.com/patchmgr/findPatch.portal (Select ESXi 4.1, and CRITICAL)
Then SCP those 10 zip files to the server I want to update and proceed with the instructions at the link you posted?
VUM would of been much easier, but I guess you can't do that if its running on a VM that will have to be powered off in order for the host to enter maintenance mode to take the updates.
Thanks for your help.