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title: "Upgrading a Standalone vSphere Host With esxcli" # Title of the blog post. title: "Upgrading a Standalone vSphere Host With esxcli" # Title of the blog post.
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The other option for upgrading a host is using the `esxcli` command to apply an update from an offline bundle. It's a pretty easy solution (and can even be done remotely, such as when connected to [my homelab](/vmware-home-lab-on-intel-nuc-9) via the [Tailscale node running on my Quartz64 ESXi-ARM host](/esxi-arm-on-quartz64/#installing-tailscale)) *but I always forget the commands.* The other option for upgrading a host is using the `esxcli` command to apply an update from an offline bundle. It's a pretty easy solution (and can even be done remotely, such as when connected to [my homelab](/vmware-home-lab-on-intel-nuc-9) via the [Tailscale node running on my Quartz64 ESXi-ARM host](/esxi-arm-on-quartz64/#installing-tailscale)) *but I always forget the commands.*
So here's quick note on how I upgraded my lone ESXi to the new ESXi 8 IA release so that maybe I'll remember how to do it next time and won't have to go [Neeva](https://neeva.com)'ing for the answer again. So here's quick note on how I upgraded my lone ESXi to the new ESXi 8 IA release so that maybe I'll remember how to do it next time and won't have to go [Neeva](https://neeva.com/search?q=upgrade%20standalone%20host)'ing for the answer again.
### 0: Download the offline bundle ### 0: Download the offline bundle
Downloading the Offline Bundle from [VMware Customer Connect](https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/details?downloadGroup=ESXI800&productId=1345&rPId=95214) yields a file named `VMware-ESXi-8.0-20513097-depot.zip`. Downloading the Offline Bundle from [VMware Customer Connect](https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/details?downloadGroup=ESXI800&productId=1345&rPId=95214) yields a file named `VMware-ESXi-8.0-20513097-depot.zip`.
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And then wait (oh-so-patiently) for the host to come back up. And then wait (oh-so-patiently) for the host to come back up.
### 6. Resume normal operation
Once the reboot is complete, log in to the host client to verify the upgrade was successful. You can then exit maintenance mode and start powering on the VMs again.
The upgrade process took me about 20 minutes from start to finish, and now I'm ready to get on with exploring [what's new in vSphere 8](https://core.vmware.com/resource/whats-new-vsphere-8)!