Difference between ESXi host offline bundle profiles

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

When utilizing the ESXi host offline bundles, there are various profiles to utilize. This article will assist in breaking down the available profile options.

Resolution

Common explanations for profiles in VMware original offline bundles

Name format	Profile name example	Explanation
ESXi-#.#U#[a-z]-buildnumber-standard	ESXi-8.0U3b-24280767-standard	Security and Bugfix image with updates of VMware Tools images in ESXi host (most common)
ESXi-#.#U#[a-z]-buildnumber-no-tools	ESXi-8.0U3b-24280767-no-tools	Security and Bugfix image without updates of VMware Tools images in ESXi host
ESXi-#.#U#s[a-z]-buildnumber-standard	ESXi-8.0U3sb-24262298-standard	Security only image with updates of VMware Tools images in ESXi host
ESXi-#.#U#s[a-z]-buildnumber-no-tools	ESXi-8.0U3sb-24262298-no-tools	Security only image without updates of VMware Tools images in ESXi host

Additional Information

KB Upgrading, updating or applying a patch to ESXi host using esxcli command