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mssc74482
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upgrade bundles for esxi 5.5u2

Hi all,

Where can I find the bundles for ESXi upgrade from 5.5u2 to the latest version available?

which is the recommended way to upgrade my ESXi without down time?

Thanks,

Shiva

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abhilashhb
VMware Employee
VMware Employee

Hi,

The latest version of ESXi is 6.0.0b which can be found at

Download VMware vSphere

Some of the blogs that help you are

https://miketabor.com/easy-esxi-6-0-upgrade-via-command-line/

http://www.vladan.fr/patch-esxi-5-5-to-esxi-6-0/

Abhilash B
LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhilashhb/

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kanishks
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

Hi Shiva,

Please find the doc which will help you to know the details while upgrading to vSphere 6.0.

https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-60-upgrad...

For latest bundles information refer the below link.

Download VMware vSphere

Please mark it as correct if this answer your question and let me know if in case you need further information.

Rgds

Kanishk

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gallycool
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

Hello,

Please download the latest version of ESXi 6.0 from the below location

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?productId=490&downloadGroup=ESXI600

Downtime is required for upgrade.

Host should be kept in maintenance mode to upgrade.

Please let me know if you need any additional information.

Thanks

sam

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