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Updating or patching ESXi hosts through the command line

Patches and updates for ESXi are combined in a bundle provided by VMware in the .zip format that includes some vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB) ESXi software packages containing fixes and updates.

To proceed with the update, you need to obtain the latest available patches from the VMware website at https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/patch. Patches and upgrades are cumulative, and the patch bundle is provided, which includes all past security and critical updates.

Once the patch bundle has been downloaded, proceed with the following steps:

From vSphere Client, log in to the ESXi host to upload the downloaded bundle to a local datastore that's reachable by the host. In the navigator ...

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