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How to Patch ESXi 7 Using Lifecycle

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Patch ESXi 7 Using Lifecycle Manager

Mayur Parmar   • September 5, 2022  14,812  2 minutes read

Lifecycle Manager is an updated version of VMware Update Manager in

vCenter Server. Lifecycle Manager simplifies the lifecycle operations for the
vSphere environment. In this post, we will see How to Patch ESXi 7 using
Lifecycle Manager Step by Step.

Patching is a very critical task in every organization to overcome the mitigate

vulnerabilities & fix the current issues of the products. In the case of the
vSphere environment also VMware releases Patches for ESXi hosts to mitigate
security vulnerabilities & bug fixes. Recently only VMware has released one of
the patches for ESXi 7U3f which is very critical.

You can checkout about ESXi 7U3f patch details in the below link:

vCenter 7.U3f & ESXi 7U3f Patches Released

Before starting to patch ESXi host make sure that your host is healthy & there
is enough available resources in cluster so that you don’t face any resource
crunch issues.

So Let’s see How you can easily patch ESXi 7 using lifecycle manager:

Step 1:
You must download the released patch from VMware Portal.

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Step 2:
Login to vCenter Server.
Select the ESXi Host which you want to Patch.
Move ESXi Host into Maintenance mode.
Go to Updates Tab.
Select Host Updates.
You must attach the baseline to patch the ESXi host. If you don’t now how to
create Baseline check below link:

How to Create Baseline in VMware Update Manager Step by Step ?

Once you create baseline, Click on Attach tab. Select baseline & attach it.
After Attaching baseline you can click on Check Compliance.
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Step 3:
Here you will see the baseline which is attached and it will be used to Patch
ESXi hosts.
Click on Remediate to start the Patching Wizard.

Step 4:
Read and Accept the license agreement. Click OK to continue.

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Step 5:
Here you can see ESXi host and it’s details such as Number of Patches will be
installed.
You will also get Pre-Check report for any issues before Patching so to avoid
any prevention.
So make sure to check all the details.
Click Remediate to start ESXi Patching.

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Step 6:
You can expand the Recent Tasks bar to view the progress of Remediation.
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Once Remediation is completed, You will see host is Compliant.

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Using this way you can patch ESXi 7 using lifecycle manager easily. After
patching is completed you can check the & verify ESXi host functionality
whether it is working fine or is there any issue. If all good you can move your
ESXi host out of Maintenance mode.

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