Upgrade ESXi

This section describes how to upgrade ESXi from 7.0 U3c to 8.0 U1a.

Procedure

• ♦Upgrade ESXi using one of the following options:

  • ESXi command line. For instructions, see Update ESXi by Using Zip Files.

  • vSphere Lifecycle Manager

    1. Import ESXi Updates to the vSphere Lifecycle Manager Depot.

    2. Create a baseline for the ESXi upgrade.

    3. Remediate ESXi Hosts Against a Single Baseline or Multiple Baselines.

  • If the ESXi environment is installed with VMware NSX, upgrade ESXi by following the instructions in Upgrading ESXi Hosts in an Environment with VMware NSX. For more information, see KB90541.

  Note:

  All the ESXi servers are rebooted during the upgrade.

What to do next

Upgrade a vSphere Distributed Switch to a Later Version.