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ESXi Upgrade Commands CLI : ESXi 5.0 to ESXi 5.x

~ # esxcli software sources profile list [cmd options]
Cmd options:
-d|–depot=[ <str> … ]
Specifies full remote URLs of the depot index.xml or server file path pointing to an offline bundle .zip file. (required)
–proxy=<str>
Specifies a proxy server to use for HTTP, FTP, and HTTPS connections.  The format is proxy-url:port.

~ # esxcli software profile Usage: esxcli software profile {cmd} [cmd options]
Available Commands:

 get Display the installed image profile.
 install  Installs or applies an image profile from a depot to this host. This command completely replaces the installed image with the image defined by the new image profile, and may result in the loss of installed VIBs. The common vibs between host and image profile will be skipped. To preserve installed VIBs, use profile update instead. WARNING: If your installation requires a reboot, you need to disable HA first.
update Updates the host with VIBs from an image profile in a depot. Installed VIBs may be upgraded (or downgraded if –allow-downgrades is specified), but they will not be removed. Any VIBs in the image profile which are not related to any installed VIBs will be added to the host. WARNING: If your installation requires a reboot, you need to disable HA first.
 validate Validates the current image profile on the host against an image profile in a depot.

This command will take 10-15mins approx., meanwhile check /var/log/esxupdate.log for log messages, you should see below logs –>

After this please reboot your ESX host.

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