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You will find all kinds of details in these articles, including dependencies and warnings. That said, it's best for fresh installs to go with SATADOM or a SATA SSD for ESXi hypervisor installs these days, see reasons here. Good thing the bootable media included with SuperServer Bundles since 2016 have been 32GB in sze. Note, when 7.0 came out, folks noticed significant changes about the filesystem layout, and note there were warnings about using boot media that's less than 32GB in size:

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VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3 Release Notes.

Release Notesīefore you begin any upgrades, you really need to review both As always, the focus of my articles is home or work lab testing, typically considered non-production environments. Check with your backup vendor to be sure, for example, since there's been a few of these supposedly minor updates that have inadvertently broken backups, for example. Likely that will take at least a month or two.

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If you have a vSphere 6.x license key in your lab that is working now, after the upgrade to 7.0, you'll be starting your 60 day trial, during which time you'll want to apply your license keys from any one of the 4 options listed below.Īs always, you must do your homework including checking whether your VM backup solution supports vSphere 7 Update 2c yet. If you are new to 7.x, you'll need new license keys and some preparation.

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Note that the fresh install full downloads do require you to use your MY VMware account, with free sign-up and 60 day trials, with information about potentially avoiding all that for existing vSphere 7.0 non-production labs here, which I've already tested! Thus, I found the errors surprising, but most went away by merely using vSphere Client to launch VAMI then clicking on Update, CHECK UPDATES, Check CD ROM, as pictured above.įolks new to VMware sometimes get tripped up when trying to find the actual files they'll need to get started. What surprised me was that my VCSA 7.0U2a instance was rebuilt from scratch under a month ago, so it was very nearly a fresh install. I do have some other minor warnings in the vSphere Client that I might publish a video on if time permits, but those don't seem to have anything to do with how I updated.

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Alternatively, use ESXCLI to upgrade which doesn't require VCSA, downloads and installs with one command, and doesn't require my. credentials or software trials, or VCSA.ĭespite this, my VCSA seems to work just fine once I managed to get the VAMI Update to work. Next, update your ESXi host(s) with the preferred Lifecycle Manager. SequenceĪs always, be sure to update your VCSA first, here's my lab testing of that procedure using VAMI. On Oct 05 2021, I noticed that ESXi 7.0U3 became available, so I began my lab testing using the ESXCLI upgrade method.

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The main VMware download page with all the products to sift through is here, with guidance on what exact files to get from where detailed below! If you're still on 6.x and are more of a YouTube watcher/visual leaner and you want to see what the upgrades to 7.0 are like, here's the article featuring informal videos that should help build your confidence!

If you're seeking the Free Hypervisor Download and License.

If you're currently a VMUG Advantage EVALExperience subscriber.

To get started with your lab testing, jump to the appropriate download section: I'm working on ways to buy myself some time and test some SATADOM, prepping for the eventual arrival of vSphere 8 which marks when VMware will no longer support USB & SD as boot devices for your ESXi install. I'll update this article accordingly once the new downloads of VCSA and ESXi 7.0U3 become available from the other channels too, meanwhile, you should read about VMware's changing stance on using USB or SD for the ESXi hypervisor. I have begun my "TinkerTry'd" home lab testing, it's going well so far a seen in this VCSA video, smoother than all prior 7.x releases actually. If you're already on 7.0x, you don't have to wait, backu up first, then you can upgrade your VCSA 7.x using just VAMI, and you can upgrade your ESXi 7.x using vLCM or ESXCLI. VMware vSphere 7.0 Update 3 was released on Oct 5 but isn't available for download on all 4 channels listed below quite yet, it's only on my. so far. Posted by Paul Braren on (updated on Oct 19 2021) in