• Download the patch from https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/patch

• Upload the Patch Zip file to VMware ESXI datastore.

• Get the host to “maintenance mode”

• Enable SSH on ESXI host or VCenter

Execute the command as below

esxcli software sources profile list -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore2/ISO/VMware-ESXi-7.0U3-18644231-depot.zip

esxcli software profile update -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore2/ISO/VMware-ESXi-7.0U3-18644231-depot.zip -p ESXi-7.0U3-18644231-standard

• Upgrade successfully, reboot VMware ESXI, exit maintenance mode. Check the version.

Old version

• New version after patched.