Upgrading ESXi to 8.x using the vCenter built-in LCM (VUM)

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Upgrading ESXi to 8.x using the vCenter built-in LCM (VUM)

Environment

ESXi 6.7
ESXi 7.x
ESXI 8.x
vCenter 7.x
vCenter 8.x

Cause

Upgrading to vSphere 8.x

Resolution

You can follow the steps to use LCM to update your ESXi hosts using an ISO:

1. Click on the Lifecycle Manager button under the menu in the upper left
2. Go to the Imported ISOs tab
3. Click on IMPORT ISO
4. Select the file to be uploaded and click Import
5. Select the Baselines tab and click on New, then Baseline, to name and create the baseline
6. Select the ISO you imported
7. Click Next and Finish
8. Go to the hosts and clusters view using the menu in the upper left by clicking on Inventory, then hosts and clusters icon
9. Select the host that you wish to update and click on the updates tab
10. Click on the ATTACH dropdown in the Attached Baselines section and click on Attach Baseline or Baseline Group
11. Select the newly created baseline and click on attach
12. Select the baseline in the attached baselines section and click on remediate
    
    

You can follow the steps to use LCM to update your ESXi hosts to the required patch:

1. Click on the Lifecycle Manager button under the menu in the upper left.
2. Click on ACTION then Import Updates
3. Select the .zip file or URL to be uploaded and click Import
4. Select the Baselines tab and click on New, then Baseline, to name and create the baseline
5. Select patch and click next, then click next again for the automatic patch selection screen
6. In the add patches manually screen, filter the name to reflect esx patches
7. Select the patch you imported
8. Click Next and Finish
9. Go to the hosts and clusters view using the menu in the upper left by clicking on Inventory, then hosts and clusters icon
10. Select the host that you wish to update and click on the updates tab
11. Click on the ATTACH dropdown in the Attached Baselines section and click on Attach Baseline or Baseline Group
12. Select the newly created baseline and click on attach
13. Select the baseline in the attached baselines section and click on remediate