ESXi version

This document assumes that the system administrator is familiar with enabling shell and SSH access to ESXi.

The current ESXi version within the Telco Cloud Platform documentation is ESXi 7.0 Update 2d, which equates to build number 18538813.

[root@esxi-tiger-14-7:~] esxcli system version get
   Product: VMware ESXi
   Version: 7.0.2
   Build: Releasebuild-18538813
   Update: 2
   Patch: 25

• VMware provides installation and update instructions, which you should consult.
• In this instance, the ESXi installation was achieved using the ESXi 7.0 Update 2a ISO from VMware and updated as follows:

[root@esxi-tiger-14-7:~] esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-7.0U2d-18538813-standard -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml
Update Result
   Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.
   Reboot Required: true
<output omitted for brevity>

[root@esxi-tiger-14-7:~] reboot