# Update using the ESXi 5.5 U2 Imageprofile from the VMware Online depotĮsxcli software profile update -d -p ESXi-5.5.0-20140902001-standard # open firewall for outgoing http requests:Įsxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient using putty) and run the following commands: For your convenience here are the commands for easy copy/paste:Įnable SSH access on your host, log in to it (e.g. Download Virtual SAN 5.5 and Get Started Now ESXi: Change vmnic / vmhba numbering vSphere 5.5 U2 C Client can now edit Hardware Version 10 VMs New Free Tool: VMware Software Manager vSphere 5. If you want to update your standalone ESXi host to 5.5 Update 2 then you can use the procedure that I already explained for earlier updates.
How to update your free and/or standalone ESXi host Please note: You only need to update the vSphere Client to the Update 2 version, but not necessarily the host! So you can immediately and safely start taking benefit from this improvement: Here is a direct download link for the vSphere 5.5 Update 2 client. VMware has finally listened to their complaints and reinstated the capability to edit Virtual Hardware Version 10 VMs with the legacy vSphere Client with Update 2! You will still get a warning though that you will only be able to edit version 8 features (see hardcopy at the top of this post). This made all users that do not have vCenter available (or do not like the new Web Client) very unhappy. When vSphere 5.5 was released the legacy vSphere Client was declared deprecated and you were no longer able to use it to edit the settings of a VM that was upgraded to hardware version 10. Edit Virtual Hardware 10 VMs with the Update 2 legacy vSphere Client!