ESXi hosts do not appear in the Baseline and not able to see baselines under Update tab in vCenter

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

• Once the image has been created for the cluster and when selecting a cluster and clicking on the updates tab, in the menu "Baseline" option is not available.

• No hosts showing under Baselines from the Life Cycle Manager:
  

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Cause

If you switch to using images, you cannot revert to using baselines for that cluster.

Resolution

In vSphere 8, once a cluster or standalone host is managed using vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) images, you cannot revert to using baselines for that specific cluster or host.

This is a one-way transition, meaning you can move hosts from an image-managed cluster to a baseline-managed cluster, but you can't directly switch a cluster or host back to baselines once it's using images.

Additional Information

vSphere Lifecycle Manager Baselines and Images: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/7-0/managing-host-and-cluster-lifecycle-7-0/about-vsphere-lifecycle-manager-new/vlcm-baselines-and-images.html

Cluster Eligibility to Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager Images: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/7-0/managing-host-and-cluster-lifecycle-7-0/switching-from-baselines-to-images/cluster-eligibility-for-vlcm-images.html