Version Release Name | Release Date | Build Number
ESXi 8.0a 2022/12/08 20842819
For Xeon D-1500 series system like mine, I had to add the –no-hardware-warning flag to be able to execute this ESXCLI command successfully, you might not need to use that flag. Also, I was getting the “Unable to download from any URLs” error if I didn’t bother with the firewall commands that didn’t seem necessary on 7.0.x, so I’ve added them back in. These 3 lines worked great, so now both my VCSA 7.0 to 8.0 upgrade (seen on video here) and my ESXi 7 to 8 upgrades are both now complete!
I have just started testing VCSA 8.0 and ESXi 8.0, always be sure to backup first before trying either, especially if you don’t have a VMware support contract!
esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient
esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-8.0a-20842819-standard -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml --no-hardware-warning
esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e false -r httpClientESXi 8.0 IA 2022/10/11 20513097
esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient
esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml --no-hardware-warning
esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e false -r httpClient