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Update ESXi Hosts with VIBs Guide

This document provides instructions for updating ESXi hosts with VIBs or image profiles by downloading a ZIP file from a depot. It notes that VMware partners can provide third-party VIBs for management agents or drivers, and the process involves downloading the ZIP file, determining maintenance mode needs, and using the esxcli command to install the ZIP file. Prerequisites include having ESXCLI installed and downloading the third-party ZIP file.

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Update ESXi Hosts with VIBs Guide

This document provides instructions for updating ESXi hosts with VIBs or image profiles by downloading a ZIP file from a depot. It notes that VMware partners can provide third-party VIBs for management agents or drivers, and the process involves downloading the ZIP file, determining maintenance mode needs, and using the esxcli command to install the ZIP file. Prerequisites include having ESXCLI installed and downloading the third-party ZIP file.

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You can update hosts with VIBs or image profiles by downloading

a ZIP file of a depot.

VMware partners prepare third-party VIBs to provide management


agents or asynchronously released drivers.

Important:
If you are updating ESXi from a zip bundle in a VMware-supplied
depot, either online from the VMware Web site or downloaded
locally, VMware supports only the update method specified for
VMware-supplied depots in the topic Upgrade or Update a Host
with Image Profiles.
The esxcli software vib update and esxcli software vib
install commands are not supported for upgrade operations.
See Upgrade or Update a Host with Image Profiles.

When you specify a target server by using --


server=<server_name>, the server prompts you for a user name
and password. Other connection options, such as a configuration
file or session file, are supported. For a list of connection options,
see Getting Started with ESXCLI, or run esxcli --help at the
ESXCLI command prompt.

Prerequisites
• Install ESXCLI. See Getting Started with ESXCLI. For
troubleshooting, run esxcli commands in the ESXi Shell.

• Download the ZIP file of a depot bundle from a third-party


VMware partner.
• Determine whether the update requires the host to be in
maintenance mode or to be rebooted. If necessary, place the
host in maintenance mode.
See Determine Whether an Update Requires a Host to Be in
Maintenance Mode or to Be Rebooted. See Place a Host in
Maintenance Mode.

• If the update requires a reboot, and if the host belongs to a


VMware HA cluster, remove the host from the cluster or
disable HA on the cluster.
Procedure
• ♦ Install the ZIP file.



esxcli --server=<server_name> software vib update --
depot=/<path_to_vib_ZIP>/<ZIP_file_name>.zip




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