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Hi,

thanks for your reply. I've also asked VMware support about this and they told me that I should use custom images for updating hosts that were installed with custom images. They said this is because if we update using the VMware standard repository it is possible that custom drivers are replaced by default ones.

However, I'm not sure whether this is correct. The document Deploying and updating VMware vSphere on HPE ProLiant servers from HP states the following:

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https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA4-7994ENW.pdf

In addition to that, the HPE VMware ESXi and vSphere 5.x, 6.x and Updates Getting Started Guide also states that patches to VMware are provided by VMware and patches for HP components are provided by HP:

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https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=c05063275

I usually would say:

1. Within a major version, we update ESXi with ESXi patches from the VMware repository and HP patches from the HP repository

2. For major upgrades, i.e. 6.0 to 6.5, we use custom images

But now I'm not sure about what VMware support has stated about driver replacements. Has anyone experienced this yet?

Thanks
Michael