Staging allows you to download patches and extensions from the Update Manager server to the ESXi hosts without applying the patches and extensions immediately.

Note: Staging can be performed only for hosts, clusters, and data centers.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are connected to a vCenter Server system.

Procedure

  1. Retrieve a host and store it in the $vmHost variable. 
    $vmHost = Get-VMHost -Name 10.23.112.233
  2. Stage the patches for upgrading the host. 
    Stage-Patch -Entity $vmHost