{"id":3183,"date":"2014-06-16T23:45:11","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T15:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rmohan.com\/?p=3183"},"modified":"2014-06-16T23:45:11","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T15:45:11","slug":"rollback-esxi-5-x-upgrade-or-reverting-to-a-previous-version-of-esxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/?p=3183","title":{"rendered":"Rollback ESXi 5.x Upgrade or Reverting to a previous version of ESXi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font: large\/20.79px Arial, serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">To revert to a previous version of ESXi after upgrade:<\/span><br style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px Arial, serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><br style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px Arial, serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">1). From the Console screen press F2<\/span><br style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px Arial, serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">2). Then press F12 to see the shutdown options for your ESXi.<\/span><br style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px Arial, serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">3). Press F11 to reboot.<\/span><br style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px Arial, serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">4). When the Hypervisor progress bar starts loading, press Shift+R.<\/span><br style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px Arial, serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">5). Now you will see a warning message:<\/span><br style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px Arial, serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Current hypervisor will permanently be replaced<\/span><br style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px Arial, serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">with build: X.X.X-XXXXXX. Are you sure? [Y\/n]<\/span><br style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px Arial, serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">6). Press Shift+Y to roll back the ESXi to previous version.<\/span><br style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px Arial, serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\" \/><span style=\"font: 13px\/20.79px 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">7). Press Enter to boot in to the selected ESXi version.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To revert to a previous version of ESXi after upgrade:1). From the Console screen press F22). Then press F12 to see the shutdown options for your ESXi.3). Press F11 to reboot.4). When the Hypervisor progress bar starts loading, press Shift+R.5). Now you will see a warning message: Current hypervisor will permanently be replacedwith build: X.X.X-XXXXXX. 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