

To verify that the Offline Bundle is intact and also check the images available for the upgrade, run the below command on an existing ESXi 6.0 host.Įsxcli software sources profile list -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore/VMware-ESXi-6.5.0-4564106-depot.zipĬhange the datastore to the datastore name that you have in your environment.

The reason for the shared datastore is that the other hosts can also use the same bundle to upgrade themselves. Moving on, once we have the Offline Bundle downloaded, we can start with the upgrade ESXi 6.0 to ESXi 6.5 using Offline Bundle.įirst, you will have to upload the Offline Bundle to one of the shared datastores that the ESXi hosts have access to. The reason behind this article is that the upgrade processes are pretty straightforward are not actually documented well on most of the sources.Īnother important thing to note is that the offline bundle is available only to the paid subscription license which I believe most of the readers will have access to.

Upgrading ESXi 6.0 to ESXi 6.5 using Offline Bundle is one of the ways. There are multiple ways to perform an upgrade of the ESXi host and we will look at the other options in the near future. Offline Bundle is a zip file that contains the VMware vSphere ESXi image which can be used to perform upgrades. In today's post, we will look at How to upgrade ESXi 6.0 to ESXi 6.5 via Offline Bundle.
