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+---
+title: "Upgrading a Standalone vSphere Host With esxcli" # Title of the blog post.
+date: 2022-10-14T07:19:24-05:00 # Date of post creation.
+# lastmod: 2022-10-14T07:19:24-05:00 # Date when last modified
+description: "Exploring the steps to manually upgrade a standalone host from ESXi 7 to ESXi 8 using the esxcli over an SSH connection." # Description used for search engine.
+featured: false # Sets if post is a featured post, making appear on the home page side bar.
+draft: true # Sets whether to render this page. Draft of true will not be rendered.
+toc: true # Controls if a table of contents should be generated for first-level links automatically.
+usePageBundles: true
+# menu: main
+# featureImage: "file.png" # Sets featured image on blog post.
+# featureImageAlt: 'Description of image' # Alternative text for featured image.
+# featureImageCap: 'This is the featured image.' # Caption (optional).
+# thumbnail: "thumbnail.png" # Sets thumbnail image appearing inside card on homepage.
+# shareImage: "share.png" # Designate a separate image for social media sharing.
+codeLineNumbers: false # Override global value for showing of line numbers within code block.
+series: Tips # Projects, Scripts, vRA8
+tags:
+  - vmware
+  - homelab
+  - vsphere
+comment: true # Disable comment if false.
+---
+
+```shell
+; esxcli system maintenanceMode set -e true
+; esxcli software sources profile list -d /vmfs/volumes/nuchost-local/_Patches/VMware-ESXi-8.0-20513097-depot.zip
+Name                          Vendor        Acceptance Level  Creation Time        Modification Time
+----------------------------  ------------  ----------------  -------------------  -----------------
+ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard  VMware, Inc.  PartnerSupported  2022-09-23T18:59:28  2022-09-23T18:59:28
+ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-no-tools  VMware, Inc.  PartnerSupported  2022-09-23T18:59:28  2022-09-23T18:59:28
+; esxcli software profile update -d /vmfs/volumes/nuchost-local/_Patches/VMware-ESXi-8.0-2051309
+7-depot.zip -p ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard
+; reboot
+```
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