VCF 4.3.1 commision new host, wrong ESXi version

[drkytoo]

I'm trying to commission a new host to VCF 4.3.1.0 and it's failing on the ESXi version.  The host had been installed with 7.0U3, but when I try to add the host, it fails validation with the following error:  

Host ESXi version - 7.0.3-18644231 is not supported. VCF supported ESXi versions - [7.0.2-18426014]

Of course, the version it's looking for has been pulled due to a security vulnerability.  Is there way around this?  Either ignore the version or some fix to SDDC to allow mismatched version?

[shank89]

Hi

The hosts versions must align to the VCF 4.3.1 BOM. 

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Foundation/4.3.1/rn/VMware-Cloud-Foundation-431-Release-Note...

[drkytoo]

ok, so how do I get that version of ESXi?  Can I get it from SDDC?  

[shank89]

You can download it from https://customerconnect.vmware.com/patch or else there are datastore mounts in vCenter that are a result of SDDC Manager deployments.  If you look through the repo datastore you may / should be able to find it in one of the folders.

[drkytoo]

I downloaded from there, but it seems like a collection of patches, I wasn't sure how to create bootable install media from that.

[shank89]

This will help https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.esxi.upgrade.doc/GUID-22A4B153-CB21-47B4-97...

[drkytoo]

Thank you!  Looks like that was the fix.