Upgrade a Host with Offline Zip Bundle

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

• Manually update the ESXi host.
  
  
• Upgrading ESXi from 8.0 to the latest 8.03. I want to use the offline bundle to do it.
  
  
• Error: vmware.esximage.Errors.NoMatchError: ('<Entered Profile Name>', "No image profile found with name '<Entered Profile Name>'").

Environment

VMware ESXi 7.x

VMware ESXi 8.x

Resolution

To upgrade an ESXi Host with an Offline Zip Bundle: Patching ESXi host using Command Line

1. Download the .zip file using the below kb article:
   VMware vSphere downloads, OEM custom images, patches and addons in the Broadcom Support Portal
   
   
2. Upload the zip file to the ESXi datastore.
   
   
3. List of available profiles within a path, use the command below:
   esxcli software sources profile list -d <location of ZIP file>
   
   
4. Run to update the host:
   esxcli software profile update -p <profile name> -d <location of ZIP file>
   
   
5. Reboot the ESXi host.

Additional Information

Overview of the ESXi Host Upgrade Process

Upgrading ESXi through "esxcli vib update" method fails

 

Upgrade or Update a Host with Image Profiles