Install the patch using the esxcli command. Put the host in maintenance mode using the following command syntax: # vim-cmd /maintenance_mode_enter Refer to the Build numbers and versions of VMware ESXi/ESX topic on the VMware web site to get the correct version. In this example, we are upgrading from ESXi 6.5 build 5969303 to 7967591 (ESXi 6.5 U1g). See the following screen shot:Äownload the patch to your ESXi host using the wget command.
The following steps explain how to complete the process: VMware ESXi provides commands to install individual patches. After you installation the Update Manager, it takes between 10 and 30 minutes for the icon to show in the vCenter. Verify that the Update Manager exists in the vCenter. Install the vSphere Update Manager on a Windows server.As shown in the following screen shot, you need to download the VWware-VIMSetup-all-6.0.0-*.iso files.Īlternatively, you can download the VMware vCenter Server 6.0 files from the VMware web site as seen in the following screen shot:
You will be prompted for you login information when you attempt to install the image.
However, if you are using a version earlier than 6.5, you still need to use a Windows VM for the vSphere Update Manager. Thus, you do not need to use as separate Windows virtual machine (VM) for the vSphere Update Manager. Starting with V6.5, VMware vSphere Update Manager is embedded into the vCenter Server Appliance under the Operations and Policies section as shown in the following screen shot: Most VMware users use the vSphere Update Manager to quickly and easily download patches from the Internet and apply them to clusters according to baseline policies. Note: A manual upgrade of the VMware ESXi host is not supported. An upgrade from ESXi 5.5 to 6.0 and ESXi 6.0 to 6.5 requires an operating system reload to match the license. As shown in the following screen shot, IBM Cloud provides an operating system reload to upgrade your VMware ESXi host.