Updating Hosts

When you add custom drivers or patches to a host, the process is called an update.

Update

4.0 and

4.1 hosts with the

vihostupdate

command, as discussed in the

vSphere Command-Line Interface Installation and Reference Guide

included in the vSphere 4.1 documentation set.

Update

5.0 hosts with

esxcli software vib

commands discussed in the

vSphere Upgrade

documentation included in the vSphere 5.0 documentation set. You cannot run the

vihostupdate

command against

5.0 or later.

Update

5.0 hosts with

esxcli software vib

commands discussed in the

vSphere Upgrade

documentation included in the vSphere 5.0 documentation set. You cannot run the

vihostupdate

command against

5.0 or later.

Update

5.1 hosts with

esxcli software vib

commands discussed in the

vSphere Upgrade

documentation included in the vSphere 5.1 documentation set.

Update

5.5 hosts with

esxcli software vib

commands discussed in the

vSphere Upgrade

documentation included in the vSphere 5.5 documentation set.

Update

6.0 hosts with

esxcli software vib

commands discussed in the

vSphere Upgrade

documentation included in the vSphere 6.0 documentation set.

Update

6.5 hosts with

esxcli software vib

commands discussed in the

vSphere Upgrade

documentation included in the vSphere 6.5 documentation set.

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