Upgrade ESX6.7 Hosts with Lifecycle Manager VCSA 7.0 U3

[erki72]

i know i'm late.

My starting point:
- ESXi 6.7U3 (Mutiple Hosts)
- VCSA 7.0.3
- HPE DL360 / 380 Servers
- 10 different clusters

Then I saw Oneview for vCenter. I see but rather strong for Synergy.
Amplifier would be the other option.
We have this appliance running.

What is the easiest / best way to bring our hosts to ESXi 7 including the drivers and firmware?

[maksym007]

If you want to upgrade your HPE ESXi Hosts with Drivers take HPE Custom ISO 7.0.3 the latest version which will be available by your vendor. The firmware could be updated via vCenter too, but first, your ESXi hosts should running already 7.0.3 version. 

This Firmware add-on ISO should provide to your Vendor on his support page. 

And do not forget to use VMware Matrix to check Driver/Firmware compatibility. 

[erki72]

Thanks @maksym007 

Upgrade with the ISO I understand. I download this from Vmware vender specific.

What do you mean by "Firmware add-on ISO"? It's not entirely clear to me which software I have to use to keep the effort as small as possible. And which tools are used (HPE side)

[maksym007]

can be ISO or Offline bundle but from Vendor. 

regarding Firmware - check site of your vendor.  I am using Fujitsu Primergy Servers.