how to update vmware esxi 6.7 to 6.7 update 1

Upgrading a host using VLM is a straight forward process and makes it easy to keep your ESXI host at the latest release version.Finally decided to pull the trigger and upgrade my base lab from VMware vCenter 6.7 U3 to version 7 U1. When we check the baseline the host should now show as compliant and running ESXI 7.0. The host should now reboot and start the upgrade.

Once you click Remediate, the upgrade task will start The upgrade will do a remediation pre check before allowing the upgrade. Go to the host, Select Updates > Baseline > Upgrade Baseline > Remediate To remediate you can either do this from the cluster or on the individual host. We can check the compliance for the baseline for all host in the cluster. Go to the Cluster and select Updates > Attach.

The baseline can be assigned to the host individually or the cluster. Next we need to create a new upgrade baseline, this can either be done under baseline or by selecting the image and clicking on New Baseline.Ĭheck baselines to confirm the creation has completed. The ISO should now show under Imported ISOs To import the ISO go back to VLM > Imported ISOs > Import ISOĬlick browse and select the ESXI ISO that was downloaded earlier. Next we need to download the ISO image for ESXI 7.0 that will be imported to VLM and used in the upgrade baseline.

Once synced we can run a compatibility check from the Host > Updates > Hardware CompatibilityĪfter the compatibility is all confirmed and no issues are found, we can go ahead with the upgrade. We then need to sync the hardware compatibility list. To check using VLM, Open the vSphere web client > Menu > Lifecycle Manager Or in VLM we can now use Hardware compatibility, This syncs a list of compatible hardware and this can then be checked directly on the host to verify if the ESXI host hardware is supported. VMware Compatibility Guide – System Search Lifecycle Manager replaces vSphere Update Manager in vCenter server 7.0 the process is pretty much the same as in VUM.īefore upgrading to a new version of ESXI first step should be to check VMware compatibility, this can be done by either checking the VMware compatibility matrix. In this post we will go through using vSphere Lifecycle Manager VLM to upgrade an ESXI host from 6.7 to 7.0.

How to update vmware esxi 6.7 to 6.7 update 1