Upgrade 6.7 U3, CUSTOM FOR UPDATE DRIVERS

[amateolo]

Hello,

I have a doubt, which I don't know if it's a good practice....

The image installed in my Vmware infraestructure is DellEMC-ESXi-6.7U3-15160138-A04 (witch patch to last version)

I am seeing that a newer one is already available VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.7.0.update03-17700523.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A14.iso

My question is..... if it is advisable to use this image to update all the drivers of my Dell PowerEdge servers.....

For example in my current version I have qlnativefc--3.1.19.0 and in the new one it goes up to qlnativefc--3.1.74.0..... is a simple way to have the latest version of all the drivers....... but I don't know if this is a good practice or a crazy one.....

What would be your advice?

 

[E_Espinel]

Hello.

If you have the ISO image of the manufacturer the easiest way to update would be to  boot the server with this ISO and choose the option Update ESXi, preserve VMFS datastore
You must be sure that you chose the disk that contains the previous VMware vSphere installation, as it shows all the internal and external disks that you have access to from the host.

 

 

[a_p_]

Just a quick question for clarification. You mentioned that the hosts have the latest patches already installed, which is build 18828794. Is this the case, or are you still running build 17700523?

André

[amateolo]

Yes 17700523

 

I want update drivers with this OEM Dell image

[Baron2]

Update drivers quickly fast.

[amateolo]

Can you confirm.....this is a good method for update all driver, in one click via UP?

[a_p_]

In this case download use the Dell Offline (.zip) bundle, upload it to a folder on a datastore, and run the below commands to check what the new image will replace.

esxcli software sources profile list -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore/folder/offline-bundle.zip
esxcli software profile update -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore/folder/offline-bundle.zip -p <profilename> --ok-to-remove --dry-run

From the second command's output check the vibs that are listed in the "vibs installed", and "vibs removed" section. If this looks as expected, run the second command again without "--dry-run". If the command completes successfully, type reboot to complete the update.

André

[vxprthu]

HI,

You can add the dell driver repository to the upgrade manager as well:

Then you can create baseline for the hardware drivers and update with the regular patches:

Lifecycle Manager » Settings » Administration » Patch Setup » New

https://vmwaredepot.dell.com/index.xml

 

Cheers

[b.w]

the dell repository you mentioned does not include drivers - only openmanage stuff.

for driver updates you have to use the custom iso or dells offline bundle