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Patching ESXi custom images (HPE) with Update Manager - can I use the default repository?

Hi all,

we are using ESXi 6.5 on HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen8/Gen9 servers and installed them with the corresponding ESXi custom images from HPE. Regarding patching: Can we use the VMware default repository in VMware Update Manager or do we have to use a different repository (i.e. from HPE) in order to install regular ESXi patches?

In the past we did the following:

- For clean installations and upgrades (i.e. from 5.5 to 6.0) we used the custom images

- For normal patches within the same major version we used the VMware repository

However, since it's been a while that we patched ESXi I'm not sure this is still the right procedure. I would appreciate if someone could clarify this.

Thanks
Michael