{"id":618,"date":"2020-12-01T11:08:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T11:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/?p=618"},"modified":"2020-12-01T11:14:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T11:14:24","slug":"how-to-upgrade-esxi-6-7-to-7-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/01\/how-to-upgrade-esxi-6-7-to-7-0\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Upgrade ESXi 6.7 to 7.0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>First of all, <strong>this is not the only way to upgrade an ESXi host<\/strong>, but it is the easiest from my opinion, considering that it is not necessary to use vCenter and vSphere Lifecycle Manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enable ESXi Shell and SSH to access the command line interface on the ESXi host. From <strong>UI<\/strong> go to <strong>Manage &gt; Services<\/strong> and start <strong>TSM<\/strong> and <strong>TSM-SSH<\/strong> services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2-1024x271.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-621\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2-1024x271.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2-300x79.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2-768x203.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2-1536x406.jpg 1536w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2-1226x324.jpg 1226w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2-928x245.jpg 928w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2-480x127.jpg 480w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2.jpg 1771w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the ESXi 7 offline bundle from the VMware website, and upload it to the ESXi datastore. From <strong>UI<\/strong> go to <strong>Storage &gt; Datastores<\/strong>, select the datastore (<em>datastore1<\/em> in our case), and click <strong>Datastore Browser<\/strong>. Select a directory to store bundle files or create a new directory (<em>esxi7<\/em> in our case) in the datastore browser and click <strong>Upload<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_13-1024x570.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-622\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_13-1024x570.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_13-300x167.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_13-768x427.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_13-1226x682.jpg 1226w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_13-928x516.jpg 928w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_13-480x267.jpg 480w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_13.jpg 1404w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure that there are not any VMs in the running state on this ESXi host and  put the host into maintenance mode. From <strong>UI<\/strong> go to <strong>Manage &gt;<\/strong> Right-click &gt; <strong>Enter maintenance mode<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"490\" src=\"http:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-610\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_5.jpg 813w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_5-300x181.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_5-768x463.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_5-480x289.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Confirm you want to put the host into maintenance mode by pressing <strong>Yes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"285\" src=\"http:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-611\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_6.jpg 619w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_6-300x138.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_6-480x221.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Run the esxcli command to view the image profiles within the ZIP bundle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">esxcli software sources profile list -d \/vmfs\/volumes\/datastore1\/esxi7\/VMware-ESXi-7.0.0-15843807-depot.zip<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"247\" src=\"http:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-612\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_7.jpg 719w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_7-300x103.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_7-480x165.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Run the update command to upgrade ESXi 6.7 to 7.0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">esxcli software profile update -d \/vmfs\/volumes\/datastore1\/esxi7\/VMware-ESXi-7.0.0-15843807-depot.zip -p ESXi-7.0.0-15843807-standard<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The update completed successfully and the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"302\" src=\"http:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-613\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_8.jpg 767w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_8-300x118.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_8-480x189.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exit the Maintenance mode. From <strong>UI<\/strong> go to <strong>Manage &gt;<\/strong> Right-click &gt; <strong>Exit maintenance mode<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"279\" src=\"http:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-614\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_9.jpg 945w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_9-300x89.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_9-768x227.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_9-928x274.jpg 928w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_9-480x142.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reboot your host. From <strong>UI<\/strong> go to <strong>Host<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Reboot<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"217\" src=\"http:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-615\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_10.jpg 729w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_10-300x89.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_10-480x143.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Confirm you want to reboot the host.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"253\" src=\"http:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-616\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_11.jpg 500w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_11-300x152.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_11-480x243.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After reboot, check you have the latest version. From <strong>UI<\/strong> go to <strong>Host<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"232\" src=\"http:\/\/bogdanburuiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_12-1024x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-617\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_12-1024x232.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_12-300x68.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_12-768x174.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_12-928x211.jpg 928w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_12-480x109.jpg 480w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_12.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First of all, this is not the only way to upgrade an ESXi host, but it is the easiest from my opinion, considering that it is not necessary to use vCenter and vSphere Lifecycle Manager. Step 1 Enable ESXi Shell and SSH to access the command line interface on the ESXi host. 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