Upgrade hardware acceleration NAS plug-ins on your host when a storage vendor releases a new plug-in version.
Prerequisites
This topic discusses how to update a VIB package using the
esxcli command. For more details, see the
vSphere Upgrade documentation.
Install vCLI or deploy the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) virtual machine. See Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces. For troubleshooting, run esxcli commands in the ESXi Shell.
Procedure
- Upgrade to a new plug-in version:
esxcli software vib update -v|--viburl=URL
The
URL specifies the URL to the VIB package to update.
http:,
https:,
ftp:, and
file: are supported.
- Verify that the correct version is installed:
esxcli software vib list
- Reboot the host.
