So today I wanted to update my old Dell T7910 Lab machine to 8.0U3i. It was running a pretty old build (ESXi 8.0U1) from 2023 so I checked the interoperability matrix for ESXi first to make sure the upgrade path was supported and great news, it is, so lets proceed. Download the patch file In the Broadcom Portal, navigate to https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/downloads , select VMware vSphere > Solutions > VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus > 8.0 > VMware-ESXi-8.0U3i-25205845

The following guide uses the Free Edition of ESXi to create a USB bootable installer. Download the Free ESXi ISO You can download the...

Download the patch file In the VMware Portal, navigate to https://customerconnect.vmware.com/patch, select ESXi (Embedded and...