Updating NIC Drivers with VMware Update Manager
104Got a large number of ESXi hosts? VMware Update Manager (VUM) can make quick work of the driver update process. By utilizing DRS, it can automate the host evacuation, driver installation and even host reboots. Here is a walk-through of how to upload a custom patch and create a VUM baseline for driver updates.
EDIT: At 12:28 I mention that Update Manager could do more than one host concurrently if resources are available. This is only true if you check off 'parallel remediation' in the remediation settings wizard. By default, it will only do one host at a time.
For help on locating your specific NIC driver in the VMware Compatibility Guide, see the below video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_C0iAtz0M8
If you'd like to manually update your ESXi NIC drivers from the command line, the process is outlined here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCaiYT__v9o
For more videos and posts on VMware vSphere and NSX, please see my blog:
https://vswitchzero.com
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