Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be reboot ed for the changes to be effective. Now access the CLI of the Esxi node.Įsxcli software vib update -d /vmfs/volumes//Įsxcli software vib update -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/Vmware-ESXi-6.0.0-3380124-Custom-Cisco-6.0.1.3-Bundle.zip ~ # esxcli software vib update -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/Vmware-ESXi-6.0.0-338 You can use vSphere Client, as shown in the image. This helps turn off any critical service that the hypervisor runs and allows the server to upgrade.

Place the ESXi server in Maintenance Mode.

Shutdown the virtual machines (VMs) that run on the ESXi server to be upgraded.

Copy the file name from the datastore and make a note of datastore in which the file was uploaded.įile name - Vmware-ESXi-6.0.0-3380124-Custom-Cisco-6.0.1.3-Bundle.zip Here datastore1 is used to upload the file. Once you have the downloaded file then browse the datastore and upload the file from your local PC to datastore, as shown in the image. Download the Offline Bundle(.zip file) through this link: It is a good practice to upgrade the virtualized infrastructure to ESXi 6.0 and 6.5. VMware published the deadlines for the End of General Support and End of Technical Guidance for ESXi 5.5: If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment.

Unified Computing System (UCS C240 M4SX) or BE7H.The information in this document is based on these software and hardware versions: Access to Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) web page on a java-enabled browser.Unified Computing System (UCS) with VMware ESXi hypervisor version 5.5.

Prerequisites RequirementsĬisco recommends that you have knowledge of these topics: This document describes how to upgrade Business Edition Esxi from 5.5 to 6.X not via command line but through offline bundle.

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