Hi, we have a bunch of hosts on 6.0u1. We are looking to do Cross vCenter Migration of the VMs to move them off and I noticed the requirement for this is 6.0u3. We have moved all the hosts under 6.7 vCenter and I can't upload the ISO to perform upgrade, so I am wondering if there is a PowerCli script to do it with the Offline upgrade bundle??
Thanks.
You can't upload an ESXi image that has a lower version than your vCenter to the Update Manager.
You can try to patch the ESXi nodes, one by one, as standalone nodes.
I use a script like this for that.
Note that you will have to get the correct ZIP file.
$user = 'root'
$pswd = 'VMware1!'
$patchFile = 'ESXi670-201911001.zip'
$patchFolder = 'C:\Downloads'
$dsName = 'MyDatastore'
$dsFolder = 'Patches'
Connect-VIServer -Server $esxName -User $user -Password $pswd
$ds = Get-Datastore -Name $dsName
$patchPath = "$patchFolder\$patchFile"
$dsPath = "$($ds.DatastoreBrowserPath)\$dsFolder"
Copy-DatastoreItem -Item $patchPath -Destination $dsPath
$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $esxName -V2
$sMaintOn = @{
enable = $true
}
$esxcli.system.maintenanceMode.set.Invoke($sMaintOn)
$sPatch = @{
depot = "/vmfs/volumes/$dsName/$dsFolder/$patchFile"
maintenancemode = $true
# dryrun = $true
}
$esxcli.software.vib.install.Invoke($sPatch)
$sReboot = @{
reason = "Patch $patchFile applied"
}
$esxcli.system.shutdown.reboot.Invoke($sReboot)
# Wait for reboot to start
while(Test-Connection -ComputerName $esxName -Quiet -Count 1){
sleep 2
}
# Wait till node is back
while(-not (Test-Connection -ComputerName $esxName -Quiet -Count 1)){
sleep 2
}
Connect-VIServer -Server $esxName -User $user -Password $pswd
$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $esxName -V2
if($esxcli.system.maintenanceMode.get.Invoke() -eq 'Enabled'){
$sMaintOff = @{
enable = $false
}
$esxcli.system.maintenanceMode.set.Invoke($sMaintOff)
}
Disconnect-VIServer -Server $esxName -Confirm:$false
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I am guessing this should be "You can upload an ESXi image that has a lower version than your vCenter to the Update Manager." can = can't?
I will give this a try and report back.
Correct, updated the text
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