Now that we have upgraded our vCenter Server, we can proceed to upgrade our ESXi hosts. First, let’s look at various options available for upgrade ESXi hosts. There are several different ways to upgrade an ESXi hosts as listed below, Upgrade ESXi host using installation media (DCUI, CLI or Script) Upgrade ESXi host using vSphere Update Manager Upgrade ESXi host using Auto deploy From those methods we will discuss about upgrading ESXi hosts using vSphere Update Manager and using installation media (DCUI). Before upgrade process begins you should verify the system meets the upgrade requirements. You can refer reference links to verify upgrade requirements. Then we need to prepare the…
