How to update a esxi host that is not connected to the internet. ~ Angels Technology

There may be some hosts that are disconnected from the internet for secutiry purposes

Here is how to update them.

Get the patches from the download portal: http://www.vmware.com/patchmgr/download.portal

Leave release data alone, unless you are searching for a update released on a specific date

Patches are normally cumulative

Here is the latest download

Here are the contents of the vib, but you will actually need the zip you downloaded from the site.

Go to patch repository->import patches

Here it is importing

Here are the updates

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