Because I have just a few hosts I will be using the command line esxcli software profile update If you have more hosts and vCener installed you can leverage VMware Update Manager ( VUM ) which can orchestrate the patching across your cluster where it goes and puts the host in maintenance mode, evacuates VMs via vMotion automatically each time a. Select and Update Image Profile. With the firewall ports open for http requests, we’ll run the esxcli software command to browse image profiles available in the depot. The command will also search for strings containing ESXi 6.5 to narrow down the results. Esxcli software sources profile list -d grep -i ESXi-6.5.
How to unlock iphone without passcode. Every time you are asking the manufacturer for support when something is not working as you want, you will be asked if you have updated the software with the latest patches. Because I have just a few hosts I will be using the command line esxcli software profile update
If you have more hosts and vCener installed you can leverage VMware Update Manager (VUM) which can orchestrate the patching across your cluster where it goes and puts the host in maintenance mode, evacuates VMs via vMotion automatically each time a host within cluster needs to be patched.
Enable SSH on ESXi
In vSpere Web Client click on the server you want to enable SSH and go to Configure -> System -> Security Profile and click Edit. Follow the steps on the picture below.
Enter maintenance mode
You should shutdown all Virtual machines on the selected host or migrate them to a different host before you put the selected host for patching into maintenance mode.
SSH into your host and type the following command
Open firewall ports
You must enable internet access to HTTPS on your VMware host to be able to search and download the latest patches from VMware vib repository.
Search the latest VMware ESXi patches
The main command to list all the patches in the VMware vib repository you can use this command:
So to be able to find the patch you need, you have to use grep and specify the version and the last year: grep ESXi-version-year
For ESXi 6.5 in 2019 use the following command
For ESXi 6.7 in 2019 use the following command
Patching ESXi
Now you can install the latest patch in the time I’m writing this it’s the patch from May 2019 ESXi-6.5.0-20190504001-standard
There are two commands profile update and profile install, update keeps custom drivers and install does not. I’m always using the profile update command.
Now I have the update result message that the update was successful and I need to reboot my host:
Cleaning commands
You will need to ENABLE SSH on the host again because it is disabled by default after the reboot, If you forgot how see the image above.
As the message above told us we need to reboot the host in order for the changes to be effective
After the reboot we are going to close HTTPS access for the host machine from the VMware firewall
Esxcli Version
![Sources Sources](https://assets-global.website-files.com/5b1ed8b1988ef927188190e3/5bf32f45a0c9fda8aedb7b3f_image3.png)
Esxcli Software Sources Profile List -d
And exit maintenance mode
Now start your Virtual Machines and visit this tutorial in a few months when you will need to update your hosts again :)
Also, don’t forget to DISABLE SSH on your VMware hosts.
Esxcli Software User Guide
ESXi Add Static Route using esxcli
VMware 6.5 can’t start VM after a host crash
This appears to be a somewhat recent problem, and when searching for an answer, a lot of posts reference solutions or VMWare KB's that don't help (enabling swap, checking inodes, etc.).
This problem appeared somewhere between ESXi-6.7.0-20190104001-standard (Build 11675023) and ESXi-6.7.0-20190404001-standard (Build 13473784). When updating via CLI, you get the following error message:
TinkerTry is the only place where I've seen the (for me) correct solution posted: https://tinkertry.com/easy-update-to-latest-esxi#apr-14-2019-update. Basically, update
VMware_locker_tools-light_10.3.5.10430147-12986307.vib
(see commands below or in TinkerTry) and everything seems to work fine. I also enabled swap on my datastore, but this didn't seem to help. However, if locker tools vib doesn't help, it may be a combination of both.EDIT/UPDATE: I ran into this again upgrading to ESXi-6.7.0-20200403001-standard - The fix was the same, but I had to upgrade to an even newer version of VMware_locker_tools-light. To find the latest version, use the following:
You can add a 'grep -v Downgrade' to get only relevant versions. Replace the version number in the wget, and install like normal. The current latest version is VMware_locker_tools-light_11.0.5.15389592-15843807.vib
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For my own later reference, here's the quick steps guide to upgrading ESXi. If you aren't familiar with this process, please read more (https://tinkertry.com is a good source) before attempting an update and fully understand the process.
- Suspend all guests
- Enter Maintenance Mode
- Reboot
- Start SSH Service
- List available updates:
esxcli software sources profile list --depot=https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml | sort
The latest update should be near the bottom, but may not be the very bottom! * - Apply the latest version:
esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-6.7.0-20190504001-standard -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml
<- Replace the version after -p with the version you found via the above list - Reboot again
- Exit Maintenance Mode
- Restart guests
* If, like me, your DNS server lives on your ESXi box, you can `echo 'nameserver 1.1.1.1' > /etc/resolv.conf` to temporarily use an external DNS during the upgrade process.