Checking the Hardware Compatibility of an ESXi Host

You can query the hardware compatibility for a host before upgrading to a new ESXi version. You can also download the information generated by the hardware compatibility report.

To use services form the esx hcl package, you must verify that you have accepted to participate in the CEIP and there is available compatibility data.

You can use the CompatibilityReleases service to list available releases for generating a compatibility report for a specific ESXi host. To list the locally available ESXi releases for the host that can be used to generate a compatibility report,use the GET https://<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>/api/esx/hcl/hosts/<host_id>/compatibility-releases request. The list includes only major and update releases. Patch releases are not listed.

You can use the CompatibilityReport service to generate a hardware compatibility report for an ESXi host against a specific ESXi release. To return the last generated hardware compatibility report for a specific host, use the GET https://<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>/api/esx/hcl/hosts/<host_id>/compatibility-report request. To generate a hardware compatibility report for a specific host against specific ESXi release, use the POST https://<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>/api/esx/hcl/hosts/<host_id>/compatibility-report?vmw-task=true request.

You can use the Reports service to download information generated by the hardware compatibility report. To retrieve the URI location for downloading a compatibility report, use the GET https://<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>/api/esx/hcl/reports/<report_id> request.