Realtek) that were blacklisted in ESXi 6.0. Important note: Before doing this please check whether you rely on one of the NIC drivers (e.g. If you still need to customize the ESXi Image Profile before installation, you will still need to use something like Image Builder and then upload that to your online depot. The command syntax for updating ESXi 6.0 was easily figured out, thanks to prior work by Andreas Peetz and William Lam!īefore you begin, you'll first need to carefully review William Lam's warning:ĭisclaimer: This method assumes you can install the default ESXi Image Profile with no additional drivers or packages, else you may have connectivity issue after the upgrade. How to easily update your VMware vCenter Server Appliance to VCSA 6.0 Update 2.Here's the easy (published Jan 12 2016) way to do it, detailed at TinkerTry: Important Note - update your VCSA before your ESXi!įYI, you are supposed to update your vCenter Server Appliance ( VCSA) before you update your ESXi hosts, for the reasons VMware explains here, and William Lam here. Basically you paste two commands, wait for the automated download and patch process, then finish up with a host reboot. Worry not though, since this article has you covered.

If you don't have a commercial VMware license, and instead are using a trial, free, or EVALExperience ESXi 6.0 or ESXi 6.0 Update 1/1a/1b, you won't be able to easily download the 6.0 Update 2 ISO directly. Free or EVALExperience Users generally get 60 day old downloads It's just a start, marking the start of an Adobe Flash-free future, and a way to slickly manage even the free Hypervisor found in many home labs. This is a big deal, the arrival of a HTML5 UI baked right into the ESXi Hypervisor. Guess what, ESXi Embedded Host Client is included with 6.0U2! A good excuse to upgrade, once the upgrade is done and the host rebooted, just point your browser to: If you just want to see the super easy update via CLI steps, jump below.īackstory Embedded Host Client Embedded Host Client, baked right into ESXi 6.0U2! VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 2 Release Notes ESXi 6.0 Update 2 | | ISO Build 3620759,

How to easily update your VMware Hypervisor from 6.x to 6.5 Update 1 Patch Release ESXi650-201803001 (ESXi Build 7967591) with Spectre mitigation.

You'll find the newer article that features an even easier update method here: Important Update - On Mar 20 2018, VMware VMSA-2018-0004.3 announced that CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre-2) mitigation is now included in the latest patch that you should be using instead of the older patch featured in the original article below. Posted by Paul Braren on (updated on Mar 31 2018) in

Vmware esxi 6 still showing 5.5 image profile