VMware vSphere: Update ESXi Host Using SSH

Hello Guys,

In this post I will show you how to update an ESXi host using SSH.

First Visit this webpage: https://customerconnect.vmware.com/patch and download the path:

Then you must connect to ESXi Host using SSH. (I use putty but You can use terminal for MAC OS or Linux OS)

Now you must upload the ESXi depot Zip in a VMFS datastore; you can use a WinSCP (or similar) connection to the ESXi host or datastore explorer by use of the VMware vSphere Client

Uploading the file...... wait......

When the upload is finished....

Find the file in the SSH client

Now we need to apply the patch as follows:

Get the ESXi profile with the command:

esxcli software sources profile list -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/VMware-ESXi-7.0U2e-19290878-depot.zip

Then apply the patch with this command:

esxcli software profile update -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/VMware-ESXi-7.0U2e-19290878-depot.z

ip -p ESXi-7.0U2e-19290878-no-tools

Then it is important to apply a reboot (depends of the path - the result of command applied above show the reboot requirement).

Reboot using this command:

reboot -f  (don't forget the maintenance mode)

That's all guys.

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