VUM allows you to upgrade an ESXi host from a previous supported version to the current version.
The first step is the creation of the baseline to attach to hosts to upgrade:
- From vSphere Web Client, select Home | Update Manager and select the vCenter Server instance to configure. Select the Manage tab.
- Navigate to ESXi Images and click the Import ESXi Image... button to import the image file used to upgrade the ESXi hosts.
- From the wizard, click on the browser button and select the ISO file to use for the upgrade then click Next to upload the image into VUM.
- When the upload has completed, a review of the ESXi image information is displayed. Click Close to exit the import wizard. The uploaded image listed in the ...