Upgrade ESXI 6.7 to 7.0

[Mehdi113]

Dear Support

I faced an error when I upgrade esxi on server ucs C240 M4SX using bundle software, error faced :

[HardwareError]
Hardware precheck of profile ESXi-7.0U3n-21930508-standard failed with warnings: <CPU_SUPPORT WARNING: The CPU in this host may not be supported in future ESXi releases. Please plan accordingly.>

I put --no-hardware-warning option

and I get another error message :

[DependencyError]
VIB QLC_bootbank_qedi_2.10.15.0-1OEM.670.0.0.8169922 requires vmkapi_2_2_0_0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.
VIB cisco_bootbank_scsi-snic_0.0.1.23-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 requires com.vmware.driverAPI-9.2.2.0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.
VIB cisco_bootbank_scsi-snic_0.0.1.23-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 requires vmkapi_2_2_0_0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.
VIB VMware_bootbank_net-qlge_3.0.0.57-1vmw.550.0.0.1198611 requires vmkapi_2_2_0_0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.
VIB LSI_bootbank_scsi-mpt3sas_06.00.00.00.1vmw-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 requires com.vmware.driverAPI-9.2.2.0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.
VIB QLC_bootbank_qedi_2.10.15.0-1OEM.670.0.0.8169922 requires qedentv_ver = X.11.6.0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.
VIB LSI_bootbank_scsi-mpt3sas_06.00.00.00.1vmw-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820 requires vmkapi_2_2_0_0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.
VIB QLC_bootbank_qfle3f_1.0.68.0-1OEM.670.0.0.8169922 requires vmkapi_2_2_0_0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.
VIB VMware_bootbank_net-qlge_3.0.0.57-1vmw.550.0.0.1198611 requires com.vmware.driverAPI-9.2.2.0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.
VIB CIS_bootbank_ucs-tool-esxi_1.1.12-1OEM requires esx-version << 7.0.0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.
Please refer to the log file for more details.

Could you please help me to resolve that issue

Thank you

[imatacic]

Seems like you are trying to update with vanilla image. Use Cisco Custom Image for ESXi fort upgrade. 

[maksym007]

During the upgrade mark option ignore hardware warnings: 

[degvm]

you will find the custom cisco image on :

https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/details?downloadGroup=OEM-ESXI70U3-CISCO&productId=974

A good way is to use the offline bundle, download it to the server using winscp and list the content of the bundle with the following command:  

esxcli software sources profile list -d /vmfs/volumes/[UUID from the Datastore]/VMware-ESXi-7.0.3d-19482537-Custom-Cisco-4.2.2-a-depot.zip

the output from the "profile list" command is used for the -p option during the update:

 esxcli software profile update  -d /vmfs/volumes/0b4d3b67-6d8c95df/VMware-ESXi-7.0.3d-19482537-Custom-Cisco-4.2.2-a-depot.zip -p Cisco-UCS-Addon-ESXi-70U3_4.2.2a

In case update is not working, use "esxcli software profile install", to get rid of old vibs. Please pay attention to the syntax, my output is just an example.

Please Kudo if you like it.

[Mehdi113]

I was upgrade the ESXI using offline bundle and I removed the vib listed affter ignoring hardware alert

Thank you so much

[degvm]

Please Kudo and mark the thread a "SOLUTION".

Thank you.