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this is all a joke!

* that you need to seek the profile name is a joke
* the hardware warning is a joke
* that 4 GB RAM with no running guest isn't enough is a joke
* and yes *this* is a nested ESXi running FOUR GUESTS fine for years

[root@esx:/vmfs/volumes/5eed9527-3dea0e8a-b4f9-000c29f07680/updates] esxcli software profile update --profile=ESXi-7.0U3a-18825058-standard --depot=/vmfs/volumes/5eed9527-3dea0e8a-b4f9-000c29f07680/updates/VMware-ESXi-7.0U3a-18825058-depot.zip
[HardwareError]
Hardware precheck of profile ESXi-7.0U3a-18825058-standard failed with warnings: <CPU_SUPPORT WARNING: The CPU in this host may not be supported in future ESXi releases. Please plan accordingly.>

Apply --no-hardware-warning option to ignore the warnings and proceed with the transaction.
Please refer to the log file for more details.

[root@esx:/vmfs/volumes/5eed9527-3dea0e8a-b4f9-000c29f07680/updates] esxcli software profile update --no-hardware-warning --profile=ESXi-7.0U3a-18825058-standard --depot=/vmfs/volumes/5eed9527-3dea0e8a-b4f9-000c29f07680/updates/VMware-ESXi-7.0U3a-18825058-depot.zip
[InstallationError]
Failed to create ramdisk vibdownload: Errors:
No space left on device
     cause = (146, 'Cannot reserve 146 MB of memory for ramdisk vibdownload')
Please refer to the log file for more details.

[root@esx:/vmfs/volumes/5eed9527-3dea0e8a-b4f9-000c29f07680/updates] df -h
Filesystem   Size   Used Available Use% Mounted on
VMFS-6      45.0G   7.7G     37.3G  17% /vmfs/volumes/storage
VFFS         3.8G   1.7G      2.1G  45% /vmfs/volumes/OSDATA-5e8df93c-83c5d849-717f-000c29f07680
vfat       499.7M 200.7M    299.0M  40% /vmfs/volumes/BOOTBANK1
vfat       499.7M 195.8M    304.0M  39% /vmfs/volumes/BOOTBANK2

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