How to upgrade ESXi 5.x to the latest ESXi 6.0?

1. Download the file called VMware-ESXi-6.0.0-2494585-depot.zip from My VMware portal. It should be available when you sign-up for a trial of VMware vSphere 6.0 together with the ESXi 6.0 iso file.

2. Upload this file to the datastore visible by your ESXi host.

3. Put your host in maintenance mode (right click > enter maintenance mode) and connect via putty. Note that SSh must be enabled. (configuration > security profile > properties > ssh). Now run this command to update the host:

esxcli software vib update -d /vmfs/volumes/<your_volume>/VMware-ESXi-6.0.0-2494585-depot.zip

4. Reboot your host and exit maintenance mode.


Note:- Please take all host configuration files backup and use Host Profiles to backup all settings.

Looking at esxtop values and results (Realtime)








First visible CPU Statistics


Optional Fields for CPU Performance Monitoring



General Memory Statistics


First Visible Memory Statistics



Optional Fields for Memory Performance Monitoring



General Disk Statistics



General Network Statistics

VMware today announced the complete list of VMware vExperts for this year 2016.

I’m happy to say that I have been recognized as a vExpert 2016. The list of global VMware vExperts 2016 announcement can be found in the VMware  Blog

http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2016/02/vexpert-2016-award-announcement.html