topic Re: Upgrade esxi 7.03 to vSphere 7 essentials in VMware vSphere™ Discussions

Upgrade esxi 7.03 to vSphere 7 essentials

Nodemansland — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:39:13 GMT

Apologies if this has been asked before, I did search but did not find a topic close to my version. I have installed the free version of ESXI 7.03 and am currently running several VMs. I would like to upgrade to enable a 12vCPU. Does the upgrade require a restart? Or is this a simple license key update? Thank you~

Re: Upgrade esxi 7.03 to vSphere 7 essentials

a_p_ — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 18:56:13 GMT

No, the binaries are the same for all editions. All that needs to be done is to replace the license key, which can be done while the VMs are running.

André

Re: Upgrade esxi 7.03 to vSphere 7 essentials

stadi13 — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 15:51:25 GMT

Hi @Nodemansland

@a_p_provided the correct answer. You need to install your license key and you are ready to go without host reboot. Can you please update your question and mark as solved?

Regards Daniel