ESXi 6.0.0b upgrade

[Paul7890]

Hi All,

We have 4 Esxi 6.0 ( version 6.0.0.2494585 ), need to upgrade to newer version as following reason.

I have no update manager installed.

So how can I do the upgrade or patch process.

Any suggestion is appreciate.

Thanks

VMware released ESXi 6.0.0 Build 2494585, which is known as the general availability build of the product, or GA. However, just a few months later in July 2015, several bugs were found which have been tagged as "Severity - critical" by VMware. They have since recommended that users update all production VMware ESXi 6.0.0 Build 2494585 Host Servers to VMware ESXi 6.0.0 Build 2809209. This is known as ESXi 6.0.0b, which was released on 7 July 2015. For more information on these bugs, see VMware Knowledgebase Article KB2111985.

[vijayrana968]

If these hosts are in cluster, put one by one in maintenance mode when you are updating. If you dont have update manager you can download esxi patch offline bundle you want to update to. Upload this zip bundle to a datastore and update with esxcli command for example....

esxcli software vib update -d "/vmfs/volumes/55fbd499-7588730f-f5a1-005056b87047/ESXi550-201601001.zip"

The highlighted part is uploaded zip file path where you will upload offline bundle.

Here is step by step guide Patching and Upgrading ESXi using ESXCLI commands

[Nick_Andreev]

Alternatively, you can download the latest version and upgrade by booting form the ISO and selecting "Upgrade" in the installation wizard.