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Vmware Server ESXI 5.5 Updating to Latest from Build #1331820 to 4179633 Or 4345813

What is the best method for me to update a server running a extreme old version of VMware server ESXI 5.5 (Build #1331820) to one of the current ESXI versions.

Currently I can't just reinstall the box as it contains the client's on-site DC and a remote server running on it.

When I try do it directly from the current ESXI version I have to the latest, I get the following:
VIB VMware_bootbank_ehci-ehci-hcd_1.0-3vmw.550.3.89.4179633 requires xhci-xhci
>= 1.0-3vmw.550.3.89, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImagePr
ofile.
Please refer to the log file for more details.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

do this... enter maintenance mode

update to Build 4345813, released last week on 15 Sept 2016

esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient
esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-5.5.0-20160904001-standard -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml
esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e false -r httpClient

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done in 5 minutes and then reboot host.

MasterNe0

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Manage to figure out my issue and gotten my servers updated.

It seems I downloaded the latest version but it was actually a patch. I redownloaded the 3B update for ESXI which worked. I guess the one I download required me to have all the other updates before this one would work correctly.

The Build 4345813 requires you to have all the previous updates. As I just had the basic ESXI without UPDATE 1 - 3B, it wouldn't work.

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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

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MasterNe0

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In the end, I just needed it to be as updated as much as possible. It not the latest but at least it up to Update3B rather then Update 1 or none.

I didn't try your command but I will next time we do our quarterly update of ESXI now.