Today I'll show another way of patching ESXi 5.x in case you don't have an access to download the VMware-ESXi-6.0.0-2494585-depot.zip file. So if you have the file, then there isn't a problem. Note: The way of upgrading from 5.x to 6.0 with the VMware-ESXi-6.0.0-2494585-depot.zip file has been detailed in this post (with video) – Patch ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.0 – Lab Time. But you need to burn the ISO, and you need to have an access to the server, change boot sequence in BIOS to the CD and also your host needs to have CD/DVD drive…. I have already showed that you can use the ESXi Installation ISO and preserve the ESXi 5.x. There is however another options to upgrade.

Update 2: More recent post detailing on how to update ESXi 6.0 to 6.5 is here.īut If you're just using ESXi free and don't have an access to the download section the same way as paid customers, you can't simply do the upgrade as I'm detailing in my post. This post will teach you to upgrade your host “offline” – without internet access. Update: You may want to check the latest post How to upgrade ESXi 6.0 to 6.5 via offline bundle here. Virtual infrastructure monitoring software review.

Reviews – Virtualization Software and reviews, Disaster and backup recovery software reviews.

Videos – VMware Virtualization Videos, VMware ESXi Videos, ESXi 4.x, ESXi 5.x tips and videos.

Free – Free virtualization utilities, ESXi Free, Monitoring and free backup utilities for ESXi and Hyper-V.

VMware Workstation and other IT tutorials.

How To – ESXi Tutorials, IT and virtualization tutorials, VMware ESXi 4.x, ESXi 5.x and VMware vSphere.

Desktop Virtualization – Desktop Virtualization, VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware Horizon View, tips and tutorials.Backup – Virtualization Backup Solutions, VMware vSphere Backup and ESXi backup solutions.

Server Virtualization – VMware ESXi, ESXi Free Hypervizor, VMware vSphere Server Virtualization, VMware Cloud and Datacenter Virtualization.Tips – VMware, Microsoft and General IT tips and definitions, What is this?, How this works?.VMware vRealize Operations and vSAN Integration Workshop.VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage.VMware vRealize Operations for Administrators.VMware vRealize Oprations: Install, Configure Manage.VMware Site Recovery Manager: Install, Configure, Manage.VMware Integrated Openstack: Install, Configure, Manage.VMware Cloud on AWS: Deploy and Manage 2019.VMware Workspace ONE: Advanced Integration.VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage.VMware NSX-T Data Center: Troubleshooting and Operations.VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage.VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale – NEW !!!.VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage – NEW !!!.

Download vmware player 6.0