Updates & Packages

Only really relevant for standalone ESXi nodes.

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• ESXi Version
• Manage VIBs

ESXi Version

1. Grab the offline bundle from VMWare (opens new window) - You'll need an account for this.
2. Upload the zip file to your datastore
3. SSH in to your ESXi node

Check what profiles are present in the zip bundle

esxcli software sources profile list -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/VMware-ESXi-7.0U3-18644231-depot.zip

Once you have selected a profile, add it to the command with -p <profile> and then perform a dry run

esxcli software profile update -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/iso/VMware-ESXi-7.0U3-18644231-depot.zip -p ESXi-7.0U3-18644231-standard --dry-run

If there are no issues, run it again without --dry-run

Manage VIBs

Check list of installed VIBs

esxcli software vib list

Remove a VIB

esxcli software vib remove --vibname=<vib>