Name IPv4 Address IPv4 Netmask IPv4 Broadcast Address Type Gateway DHCP DNS Make a note of the management VMkernel adapter IP as esxcli network ip interface ipv4 get Verify if there are any VMs running on the esxcli network vm list Expand the OEM Customized Installer CDs option, and then click Go to Downloads to download the offline bundle.zip file Select View & Download products > All Products and then click the View Download Components link of VMware vSphere. We will always need to use the OEM image when we are upgrading the host as their drivers are best suited for their hardware. We will need to verify the compatibility matrix between vCenter, ESXi, NSX etc by checking it with the Interop matrix.Įnsure if the new ESX version we are planning to upgrade to is certified by the hardware vendor. In this exercise, we are going to patch our esxi host from 6.5 U3 to 6.7 U3 Current Version Typically Update Manager doesn’t work if your esx is one version below the vCenter level so we’ve to go rely on a cli approach. We aren’t able to use LifeCycle Manager / Update manager to patch esxi versions old than 7.X on a vCenter running on 7.1X, thus we need to rely on the CLI to do an ESXi OS upgrade. VSphere Update Manager (VUM) is the way to go for ESXi-based host patching/upgrade however there are times you will need to rely on a client based approach to upgrade your host.
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