GaelV
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

Be careful with the hardware compatibility, maybe your hardware is supported for 6.5 but not for 6.7

Check it with : VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search

To answer to your needs i would do the following things :

1) Backup your ESXi configuration using vSphere CLI : vicfg-cfgbackup --server=ESXi_host_IP_address --username=root -s output_file_name

Using PowerCLI (remote) : Get-VMHostFirmware -VMHost ESXi_host_IP_address -BackupConfiguration -DestinationPath output_directory

2) If you run ESXi on server, i'd use the Custom Image from manufacturer

Here's for Dell 6.7U2 : VMware ESXi 6.7 U2 | Détails sur le pilote | Dell France

Here's for HPE 6.7U2 check out this link : http://vibsdepot.hpe.com/mapping/SPP-HPE_Custom-Image-vibsdepot-mapping-Gen9-later.pdf

Else, just get the current ESXi 6.7 from VMWare Téléchargez VMware vSphere

3) Stop all your VMs before doing anything (and if you can, do a backup if you're not confident Smiley Wink )

4) Copy the .zip freshly downloaded with WinSCP to your ESXi in /update/ for example (you can create a new folder called update)

5) Connect to the ESXi with CLI (locally) or PowerCLI (remotely) and use the following command to update (like offline update) :

Example : "esxcli software vib update -d /update/Your_ZIP.zip"

Then reboot

6) Once the ESXi is rebooted, check the version with the command : "vmware -v" , it will give you the running version and build.

7) Boot your VM as usual Smiley Happy

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