****** VmWare ESXi Update ******


  *   Turn on Maintenance Mode - Or you can just be sure to manually shutdown all the VMs gracefully.

  *   OPTIONAL Reboot (Pro Tip). Consider rebooting your ESXi server.

  *   Open an SSH session (eg. PuTTY) to your ESXi server.

   esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient

   esxcli software sources profile list -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml | grep -i ESXi-6.7

   esxcli software profile update -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml -p ESXi-6.7.0-8169922-standard --dry-run

   esxcli software profile update -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml -p ESXi-6.7.0-8169922-standard

   esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e false -r httpClient

   reboot

If not working try to install the ZIP file local. (check the zip-file for the current filename in profiles). Connect to the VMWare Deport on https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/patch#search

Than upgrade via the console with f.g.:
  
  esxcli software vib install -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore0/Install/ESXi670-202011001.zip 

Replace datastore0 with the datastore where you zip file resides and replace ESXi670-202011001.zip with your patch zip file name. 

Reboot 

If you get messages like 

[DependencyError]
 VIB VMware_locker_tools-light_11.0.1.14773994-15160134 requires esx-version >= 6.6.0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.

De-install the VIB with the following instruction:

esxcli software vib list | grep -i tools

It will list every vib installed with TOOLS. In this case it will be the vile tools-light

Remove the file with:

esxcli software vib remove -n tools-light

If successfully de-installed you may now try to repeat your update. 

You also can manually upgrade tools-light by doeing

esxcli software vib install -n tools-light -d /vmfs/volumes/Datastore/install/ESXi....your package.




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