From cdefa1b45e14731ce15843e40e1f33b7dbbede5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Bowdre Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 07:27:41 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] new draft: upgrading-standalone-vsphere-host-with-esxcli --- .../index.md | 35 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/posts/upgrading-standalone-vsphere-host-with-esxcli/index.md diff --git a/content/posts/upgrading-standalone-vsphere-host-with-esxcli/index.md b/content/posts/upgrading-standalone-vsphere-host-with-esxcli/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0adeaae --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/upgrading-standalone-vsphere-host-with-esxcli/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +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 +``` \ No newline at end of file