Attempts to upgrade from ESXi 6.x to 6.0 Update 2 with the esxcli software vib update command fail

[nettech1]

Hi,

Trying to upgrade a standalone VMware ESXi  6.0.0 U1 to U2 using esxcli software vib update -d /vmfs/volumes/<your_datastore>/file.name and getting the dependency error.

[DependencyError]

VIB VMware_bootbank_esx-base_6.0.0-2.34.3620759 requires vsan >= 6.0.0-2.34, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.

VIB VMware_bootbank_esx-base_6.0.0-2.34.3620759 requires vsan << 6.0.0-2.35, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.

Please refer to the log file for more details.

The problem is mentioned in the Update Notes

VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 2 Release Notes‌

Can I still use the customized VMware-ESXi-6.0.0-Update2-3620759-HPE-600.9.5.0.48-Apr2016-depot.zip image or i have to use the VMWare update?

update-from-esxi6.0-6.0_update02.zip

with a profile ESXi-6.0.0-20160302001-standard ?

Patch Release ESXi600-Update02 contains the following image profiles:

ESXi-6.0.0-20160302001-standard
ESXi-6.0.0-20160302001-no-tools

Patch Release ESXi600-Update02 (Security-only build) contains the following image profiles:

ESXi-6.0.0-20160301001s-standard
ESXi-6.0.0-20160301001s-no-tools

Not sure if the custom HP image contains any profiles at all.

Thanks

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

Assuming you are currently running the HP OEM version, you may patch the host from HP's .zip bundle using the esxcli software profile update ... command.

In order to do this find out the profile name from the .zip bundle

esxcli software sources profile list -d /vmfs/volumes/.../VMware-ESXi-6.0.0-Update2-3620759-HPE-600.9.5.0.48-Apr2016-depot.zip

and then run:

esxcli software profile update -d /vmfs/volumes/.../VMware-ESXi-6.0.0-Update2-3620759-HPE-600.9.5.0.48-Apr2016-depot.zip -p <profile name>

André

[nettech1]

There is only one profile

Name                                 Vendor                      Acceptance Level

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HPE-ESXi-6.0.0-Update2-600.9.5.0.48  Hewlett Packard Enterprise  PartnerSupported

[nettech1]

Thank you