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vCenter as before will build new appliances and import existing configuration, while VUM will be used to update vSphere hosts to 6.7, and last but not least, VSAN disks would be upgraded to version 6.0.

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Upgrade is easy, straightforward, and very fast even when upgrading the vSphere build which now only reboots once automatically thus causing less wait and disruption not to mention quick boot. Many new features are introduced in this build, but for me the reason I want to demonstrate this is because VSAN 6.7 now supports Virtual Machines and Microsoft Failover Clusters with iSCSI VSAN shared disks, thus making legacy failover clusters and file services which are often found at customer sites, supported on a VSAN and subsequently VxRail when the upgrade is officially released. This is a POC unit and I can reimage the whole box to a supported configuration. Though I am doing this demonstration on a VxRail appliance, it is not supported and would break your VxRail Manager and Dell EMC Support so be advised. VMware vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC) In a nutshell, the following are not currently compatible with 6.7 (many wont be upgrading any time soon): Important information before upgrading to vSphere 6.7 More importantly before upgrading, and I am sure many of you know this the hard way, lets check the release notes and important information on 6.7 build to visualize what will and will not work after this major upgrade: Introducing vSphere 6.7 for Enterprise Applications Introducing Developer and Automation Interfaces for vSphere 6.7

Introducing vSphere with Operations Management 6.7 Introducing Faster Lifecycle Management Operations in VMware vSphere 6.7 To read all about the enhancement and new features introduced in 6.7, checkout these links: Upgrades to 6.7 is not only very easy but is now much much faster than before with the introduction of quick boot and major upgrade single reboots, all using the HTML5 console. In this post I am going to walk you through an upgrade from 6.5u1 to 6.7 for vCenter Appliance, External PSC, vSphere through Update Manager, and lastly VSAN.

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Even if you are launching the esxcli software vib update -d command from the directory where the depot.zip file exists you need to add the entire path.VMware just released vCenter 6.7, vSphere 6.7, and VSAN 6.7 to the public introducing long awaited features concentrating on hybrid management. Note: A common error that I see is вЂњCould not download from depot at zip:вЂќ this happens when you do not enter the entire path of the. Reminder: After the host has been rebooted remove it from maintenance mode esxcli system maintenanceMode setВ -enable false

Note: Do not unzip the file.Д®sxcli system maintenanceMode setВ -enable true

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I do however have SSH access to this host which would allow me to use ESXCLI from the command-line to upgrade this host.

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Unfortunately I am away from my lab and I do not have a license on this server for to use the Integrated Lights Out (iLO) remote console. An alternative to VUM would be to upgrade the host by mounting the ESXi ISO image, rebooting the host, and running the upgrade from the console. Since I donвЂ™t have vCenter managing this host I am unable to upgrade using VMware Update Manager (VUM), which would be my preferred method. See Important information before upgrading to vSphere 6.7 (53704)If you are currently running ESXi 6.5U2, you will need to wait until ESXi 6.7U1 is released. The build number is important, to determine your build number see Build numbers and versions of VMware ESXi/ESX (2143832). I have a HPE ProLiant DL160 Gen9 server running as a standalone ESXi 6.5U1 (5969303) host.

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