ESXi - 6.7 software

Manage the ESXi software image and packages

acceptance

• get

Gets the host acceptance level. This controls what VIBs will be allowed on a host.

• esxcli software acceptance get

• set

Sets the host acceptance level. This controls what VIBs will be allowed on a host.

• esxcli software acceptance set OPTIONS

OPTIONS
 --level=<str>         Specifies the acceptance level to set. Should be one of
                       VMwareCertified / VMwareAccepted / PartnerSupported /
                       CommunitySupported. (required)

profile

• 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.

sources

profile

• get

Display details about an image profile from the depot.

• list

List all the image profiles in a depot.

vib

• get

Displays detailed information about one or more VIB packages in the depot

• list

List all the VIBs from depots.

vib

• list

Lists the installed VIB packages

• get

Displays detailed information about one or more installed VIBs

• install

Installs VIB packages from a URL or depot. VIBs may be installed, upgraded, or downgraded. WARNING: If your installation requires a reboot, you need to disable HA first.

• remove

Removes VIB packages from the host. WARNING: If your installation requires a reboot, you need to disable HA first.

• update

Update installed VIBs to newer VIB packages. No new VIBs will be installed, only updates. WARNING: If your installation requires a reboot, you need to disable HA first.

signature

• verify

Verifies the signatures of installed VIB packages and displays the name, version, vendor, acceptance level and the result of signature verification for each of them