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    <title>topic Re: Upgrade from Esxi 6.5 U1 to 6.7 in VMware vSphere™ Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;There are three method of ESXi upgrade procedure and in your situation you can use two of them:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1. Use vSphere Update Manager to upgrade your host and as you said because there is no vCenter, you cannot use this way.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2. Put source of appropriated ESXi source into the CD/DVD-Rom of your physical server, go to installation process and then when the wizard detect there is another ESXi in the server, choose first option: Upgrade and&amp;nbsp; preserve VMFS datastore (to keep your machines). Then restart the server and your host is upgraded.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3. Copy source of ESXi ISO in your host file system in an specified path. If you are no so familiar with Linux file system, you can put them in one of datastore, Their path is here:&lt;STRONG&gt; /vmfs/volumes/ [datastore_name] / ....&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Then in the shell access or SSH connection type following command:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;esxcli software vib install -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore_name/___ISO___/ESXi.iso&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I hope it can be helpful for you&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 04:49:17 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>NathanosBlightc</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2019-08-07T04:49:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Upgrade from Esxi 6.5 U1 to 6.7</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Upgrade-from-Esxi-6-5-U1-to-6-7/m-p/2270995#M28496</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am running the free version of Esxi - no v-center,.. and would like to upgrade from 6.5 U1 to 6.7.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I was going to follow these instructions.. if anyone can tell me it is right, i would appreciate it - the cli upgrade method...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://miketabor.com/how-to-upgrade-esxi-6-5-to-esxi-6-7/" title="https://miketabor.com/how-to-upgrade-esxi-6-5-to-esxi-6-7/"&gt;https://miketabor.com/how-to-upgrade-esxi-6-5-to-esxi-6-7/&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;if there are better instructions to follow- i would appreciate knowing where to get them. Also for doing backups (which is suggested in many articles) - should i consider purchasing v-sphere essentials at some point?..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:36:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>scherian</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-08-07T00:36:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Upgrade from Esxi 6.5 U1 to 6.7</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Upgrade-from-Esxi-6-5-U1-to-6-7/m-p/2270996#M28497</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;There are three method of ESXi upgrade procedure and in your situation you can use two of them:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1. Use vSphere Update Manager to upgrade your host and as you said because there is no vCenter, you cannot use this way.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2. Put source of appropriated ESXi source into the CD/DVD-Rom of your physical server, go to installation process and then when the wizard detect there is another ESXi in the server, choose first option: Upgrade and&amp;nbsp; preserve VMFS datastore (to keep your machines). Then restart the server and your host is upgraded.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3. Copy source of ESXi ISO in your host file system in an specified path. If you are no so familiar with Linux file system, you can put them in one of datastore, Their path is here:&lt;STRONG&gt; /vmfs/volumes/ [datastore_name] / ....&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Then in the shell access or SSH connection type following command:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;esxcli software vib install -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore_name/___ISO___/ESXi.iso&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I hope it can be helpful for you&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 04:49:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Upgrade-from-Esxi-6-5-U1-to-6-7/m-p/2270996#M28497</guid>
      <dc:creator>NathanosBlightc</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-08-07T04:49:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Upgrade from Esxi 6.5 U1 to 6.7</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Upgrade-from-Esxi-6-5-U1-to-6-7/m-p/2270997#M28498</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Be careful with the hardware compatibility, maybe your hardware is supported for 6.5 but not for 6.7&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Check it with : &lt;A href="https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php" title="https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php"&gt;VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;To answer to your needs i would do the following things : &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;1) Backup your ESXi configuration using vSphere CLI : &lt;CODE&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New;"&gt;vicfg-cfgbackup --server=&lt;EM&gt;ESXi_host_IP_address&lt;/EM&gt; --username=root -s &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-family: Courier New;"&gt;&lt;EM&gt;output_file_name &lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Using PowerCLI (remote)&lt;EM&gt; : Get-VMHostFirmware -VMHost ESXi_host_IP_address -BackupConfiguration -DestinationPath output_directory&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;2) If you run ESXi on server, i'd use the Custom Image from manufacturer&lt;EM&gt; &lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Here's for Dell 6.7U2 : &lt;A href="https://www.dell.com/support/home/fr/fr/frbsdt1/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=ynpj0" title="https://www.dell.com/support/home/fr/fr/frbsdt1/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=ynpj0"&gt;VMware ESXi 6.7 U2 | Détails sur le pilote | Dell France&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Here's for HPE 6.7U2 check out this link : &lt;A href="http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/mapping/SPP-HPE_Custom-Image-vibsdepot-mapping-Gen9-later.pdf" title="http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/mapping/SPP-HPE_Custom-Image-vibsdepot-mapping-Gen9-later.pdf"&gt;http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/mapping/SPP-HPE_Custom-Image-vibsdepot-mapping-Gen9-later.pdf&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Else, just get the current ESXi 6.7 from VMWare &lt;A href="https://my.vmware.com/fr/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/6_7" title="https://my.vmware.com/fr/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/6_7"&gt;Téléchargez VMware vSphere&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;3) Stop all your VMs before doing anything (and if you can, do a backup if you're not confident &lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://communities.vmware.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.png" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt; )&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;4) Copy the .zip freshly downloaded with WinSCP to your ESXi in /update/ for example (you can create a new folder called update)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;5) Connect to the ESXi with CLI (locally) or PowerCLI (remotely) and use the following command to update (like offline update) : &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Example : "&lt;CODE&gt;esxcli software vib update -d /update/Your_ZIP.zip"&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Then reboot&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6) Once the ESXi is rebooted, check the version with the command : "&lt;SPAN style="font-family: courier new, courier;"&gt;vmware -v&lt;/SPAN&gt;" , it will give you the running version and build.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;7) Boot your VM as usual &lt;img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://communities.vmware.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Was it helpful? &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Let us know by completing &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="https://insights.vmware.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=4RA39B&amp;amp;source=vsphere"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;this short survey here&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 07:16:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vSphere-Discussions/Upgrade-from-Esxi-6-5-U1-to-6-7/m-p/2270997#M28498</guid>
      <dc:creator>GaelV</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-08-07T07:16:37Z</dc:date>
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