Monthly Archives: August 2020

Updating an ESXi Host with unsupported hardware

Follow the post below, but when creating the update query obtained from VMware ESXi Patch Tracker append –no-hardware-warning. https://knowledgegainedandshared.com/2017/05/13/easy-esxi-patch-updates/ In my case my query goes from esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-7.0b-16324942-standard \ -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e false -r httpClient To esxcli …

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Upgrade ESXi 6.7 to ESXi 7.0

Upgrade your current version of ESXi 6.7. See https://knowledgegainedandshared.com/2017/05/13/easy-esxi-patch-updates/. You could also see the No Space left on the device error, I did. https://knowledgegainedandshared.com/2018/04/04/no-space-left-on-device-esxi-patching/ Reboot the server and follow the steps posted below, except using the ESXi 7 ISO. https://knowledgegainedandshared.com/2019/01/07/upgrade-esxi-6-5-to-6-7/ Verify any Unsupported Device Warnings are an issue. To determine what the hardware component do …

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