ESXi

Hi,

I'm using ESXi free in a home server / home lab environment and have been running happily on version 6.7 but would like to update it to the most recent U3 build. I made a clone of the USB it runs on just fine, and was going to use the "install over the top" method to update it (i.e. boot from the most recent iso and install over the top of one of the cloned ESXi operating sticks, which I'm lead to believe will essentially do an in-place upgrade).

So, I downloaded the most recent ISO available on the website here, build 14320388, but when it boots it comes up with an error about "page allocation error: out of resources". searching these forums has identified that this build has an issue with UEFI boot, but the newer builds fix this. The problem is that the newer builds are not available in ISO format, just links to zip files of binaries (here).

So my question is, how do i update the ISO to the newest build so i can boot from it and update my system? Or is there any other simple easy way to update ESXi free?

Thanks in advance!

Why don't you patch the host from the command line using the latest .zip Offline Bundle?

To do this, upload the Offline Bundle to a folder on a datastore, and run the above mentioned commands:

1.) Find out the profile name

esxcli software sources profile list -d "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/<Bundle>.zip"

2.) Update/patch the host (after shutting down the VMs)

esxcli software profile update -d "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/<Bundle>.zip" -p <Profilname> --dry-run

Note: "--dry-run" is optional, and shows what the command will do, without actually doing anything.

Once the update command succeeds, type "reboot" to reboot the host.

André

thanks a.p.​ - i didn't realise it was quite that simple from the command line - I'll give that a go!

Thank you a.p.​ - that was as easy as you suggested and it all appears to be working just fine after the update. Thanks again!