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sodo_koto
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‎05-06-2018 12:07 AM

best practice to Update ESXi6 in CLuster

i have two host with Vcenter cluster config with DRS and HA , and i would like upgrade the two hypervisor ,

How to easily update my VMware Hypervisor to from ESXI 6.0.0i 6.0 Update 2 what's the best practice ,

thank you .

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MBreidenbach0
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‎05-06-2018 01:19 AM

1. Read the Upgrade guide

2. check compatibility between vSphere version and your hardware

3. check compatibility between vSphere version and other products (like BACKUP, storage integration plugins, monitoring, VDI, whatever)

4. update vCenter

5. update ESXi hosts (I'd use update manager)

vSphere 6.5U2 and 6.7 have just been released, We use Veeam Backup; Veeam 9.5U3 doesn't support 6.5U2 yet but probably will work (they are testing); it doesn't work with 6.7. So - no update in production yet. What I do in my lab is my problem anyway.

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rchaubey
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‎05-06-2018 08:35 AM

Hello,

If you are looking for upgrading your ESXi server from 6.0 to 6.0 U2. you should use update manager to complete this task. A step by step instruction is here..

https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2016/03/update-manager-upgrade-vmware-esxi-6-0-update-2/

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sodo_koto
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‎05-07-2018 03:12 AM

hi rchaubey , thank you for replying , so if i want to not use Update Manager , only host by host ? and my scénario i have VSCA in the host 1 .

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RyanHardy
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‎05-07-2018 03:38 AM

Sure, you can update the hosts without Update Manager. I like to use this website: https://esxi-patches.v-front.de/ESXi-6.0.0.html

Just click on the Imageprofile of the version you are aiming to update to and follow the instructions in the window that'll pop up.

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