ESXI V7.0.3 Upgrade Error

[tristansalisbur]

I am hoping someone can steer me in the right direction, I have just updated an ESXI server from 6.5 to 6.7 and I am now trying to bring it up to 7.0 however when I run the upgrade from ssh I am getting the following error:

2023-04-17T11:39:14Z esxupdate: 2131267: root: ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
2023-04-17T11:39:14Z esxupdate: 2131267: root: ERROR: File "/usr/lib/vmware/esxcli-software", line 475, in <module>
2023-04-17T11:39:14Z esxupdate: 2131267: root: ERROR: main()
2023-04-17T11:39:14Z esxupdate: 2131267: root: ERROR: File "/usr/lib/vmware/esxcli-software", line 466, in main
2023-04-17T11:39:14Z esxupdate: 2131267: root: ERROR: ret = CMDTABLE[command](options)
2023-04-17T11:39:14Z esxupdate: 2131267: root: ERROR: File "/usr/lib/vmware/esxcli-software", line 361, in VibInstallCmd
2023-04-17T11:39:14Z esxupdate: 2131267: root: ERROR: nosigcheck=opts.nosigcheck)
2023-04-17T11:39:14Z esxupdate: 2131267: root: ERROR: File "/build/mts/release/bora-9484548/bora/build/esx/release/vmvisor/sys-boot/lib64/python3.5/site-packages/vmware/esximage/Transaction.py", line 258, in InstallVibsFromSources
2023-04-17T11:39:14Z esxupdate: 2131267: root: ERROR: File "/build/mts/release/bora-9484548/bora/build/esx/release/vmvisor/sys-boot/lib64/python3.5/site-packages/vmware/esximage/Transaction.py", line 364, in _installVibs
2023-04-17T11:39:14Z esxupdate: 2131267: root: ERROR: File "/build/mts/release/bora-9484548/bora/build/esx/release/vmvisor/sys-boot/lib64/python3.5/site-packages/vmware/esximage/Transaction.py", line 428, in _validateAndInstallProfile
2023-04-17T11:39:14Z esxupdate: 2131267: root: ERROR: vmware.esximage.Errors.DependencyError: VIB VMware_bootbank_esx-base_7.0.3-0.55.20328353 requires esx-update << 7.0.3-0.56, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.
2023-04-17T11:39:14Z esxupdate: 2131267: root: ERROR: VIB VMware_bootbank_esx-base_7.0.3-0.55.20328353 requires esx-update >= 7.0.3-0.55, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.

Any idea what is causing this and a workaround to the issue?

Thank you in advance!

[memaad]

If you have vCenter server, with version 7 .0U3, use life cycle manager to upgrade the esxi host, which is cleanest way to do it. if you do upgrade.

Else, boot the esxi host with version of esxi host you need using ISO image and perform upgrade. Using ilo/idrac/CIMC - hardware management utilities.

[memaad]

Use complete ISO image from this location