
At the console prompt, type vmware -l to confirm the ESXi version.Step 3 in the following Experts Exchange article details SSH access to an ESXi host server Part 4: HOW TO: Upload an ISO CD-ROM/DVD-ROM image to a VMware datastore for use with VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) using the vSphere Client, and checking its MD5 checksum signature is correct.If your ESXi 5.5 server is not enabled for SSH, please see my Experts Exchange article Part 5: HOW TO: Enable SSH Remote Access on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1). Connect to the ESXi 5.5 host server via SSH.Connect to the ESXi 5.5 host server via SSH If you require additional help, on how to upload this file to the ESXi datastore, please see my Experts Exchange article Part 4: HOW TO: Upload an ISO CD-ROM/DVD-ROM image to a VMware datastore for use with VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) using the vSphere Client, and checking its MD5 checksum signature is correct.ģ. Upload the offline patch bundle to an ESXi 5.5 datastore, we will be uploading the patch bundle to datastore1 on our ESXi 5.5 host server.Upload the offline bundle to an ESXi 5.5 datastore

See my Experts Exchange article Part 3: HOW TO: Create an ISO CD-ROM/DVD-ROM image (*.iso), and MD5 checksum signature, for use with VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) to see how to check these checksum signatures to make sure they are correct for your offline bundle upgrade.Ģ.

The file is called VMware-ESXi-6.0.0-2 494585-dep ot.zip, check the following:.Download the ESXi 6.0 Offline Bundle from VMware here.Here are the steps to upgrade your software: It is important to ensure you have valid backups of your virtual machines before you make any changes to a Production VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5.5 Host server, which is hosting virtual machines.Additionally all virtual machines must be powered off, and the server in maintenance mode.

In this article, I'll explain how to upgrade ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.0 in 5 easy steps.

In previous articles, I've outlined how to upgrade from ESXi 5.1 to ESXi 6.0, however, as many upgraded to 5.5 and are looking to now transition to ESXi 6.0,I wanted to outline the quick steps to do so.
