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Cannot update to ESXI 6.7 U3b

Hi! I am attempting to update my ESXI host from ESXI6.7U1 to ESXI 6.7U3b and I cannot get it to recognize the zipped files. The ESXI Host is currently running "DellEMC-ESXi-6.7U1-11675023-A05" image. I attempted to use the "generic" offline bundle as well as the "Dell customized" image (VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update03-19195723.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A17.zip)

I keep getting errors and I know I'm likely just doing something incorrectly. Below are the two commands I've tried with the Dell Customized Image.

[root@ESXi-1:~] esxcli software vib install -d VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update03-19195723.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A17.zip
[MetadataDownloadError]
Could not download from depot at zip:/var/log/vmware/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update03-19195723.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A17.zip?index.xml, skipping (('zip:/var/log/vmware/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update03-19195723.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A17.zip?index.xml', '', "Error extracting index.xml from /var/log/vmware/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update03-19195723.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A17.zip: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/vmware/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update03-19195723.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A17.zip'"))
url = zip:/var/log/vmware/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update03-19195723.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A17.zip?index.xml
Please refer to the log file for more details.


[root@ESXi-1:~] esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-6.7.0-19195723-standard -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ISOs/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update03-19195723.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A17.zip
[NoMatchError]
No image profile found with name 'ESXi-6.7.0-19195723-standard'
id = ESXi-6.7.0-19195723-standard
Please refer to the log file for more details.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

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compdigit44
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Is using Update Manager an option? If not, I noticed you do not have the full path listed for the zip file when using the command " esxcli software vib install"

 

 

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.esxi.upgrade.doc/GUID-22A4B153-CB21-47B4-97...

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a_p_
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Two issues here:

The first one - as mentioned by @compdigit44 - is that the command requires that the offline bundle is specified using the full path.
The second one is, that you did specified the wrong profile name in the second command that you tried.

To find out which profiles are available in a given offline bundle, run e.g.:

esxcli software sources profile list -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ISOs/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update03-19195723.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A17.zip

André

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