Upgrade from vSphere 6.0 to last update

[visna]

Hello guys,

I've an first version of vSphere essential 6.0 from HPE custom image, installed on Proliant ML350 G8 ,  and I would like to fix it upgrading to last cumulative update (for example VMware ESXi 6.0 U3a Custom HPE), in your opinion is the best practices for upgrading booting from CD ?  Obviously I will take a backup of VMs before.

Have you some tips or advice?

Thanks

Andrew

[MBreidenbach0 · Accepted solution]

There are several ways:

- boot from latest ISO, upgrade and keep VMFS volumes

- upload depot.zip file for that ISO to a datastore and use esxcli software vib update to install it

- use Update Manager (if you have a vCenter+Update Manager running somewhere else (and added the HPE repositories)

In July HPE had a firmware/driver combo that killed certain 10 GbE NICs... make sure you don't use that one (I think QLogic NICs were affected by this... google should find it)