Hi,
I just want to understand regarding hardware precheck when updating ESXI patches.
I encounter a Hardware error when patching ESXI host.
"shutdown all VM" > "Enter ESXI host to Maintenance mode" > "Apply the patch (via esxcli)"
Then a hardware error prompts "Hardware Error Hardware precheck of profile . . . . " I fully understand if there is hardware compatibility issue, depending on error we can remediated it to continue the patch else we abort the patching.
To avoid un-necessary downtime for our VM's, I want to know if there is a way to run "Hardware precheck" before shutting down and "entering to maintenance mode"? Or is it possible to enter the ESXi host to maintenance mode while the VM are powered on and run the patch?
Thanks.