Upgrading from VMW 6.7 to 7.0 on HPE PL G10 with HPE custom ISO

[regi_p]

HI This  https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/78389 preventing me from upgrading & VMW support says this. Can you advise pls ?

Yes, this issue is caused when drivers are built with older vmkapi version dependencies which are deprecated from ESXi 7.0 GA onwards. However, it is the vendors who will be releasing the new custom ISO for ESXI with the compatible drivers.

Therefore, i would suggest you to get in touch with the hardware vendor and they might have an ETA on when the new images will be released.

[Kashyap02]

Hi, 

As of now there is only one image of ESXi 7.0 (custom) from HPE available. This is for fresh installation only. 

 New* ESXi 7.0 Apr 2020 - Use for Fresh installations Only - https://www.hpe.com/in/en/servers/hpe-esxi.html

Also, please refer to the customer image download link below. 

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=OEM-ESXI70-HPE&productId=974

Important information for VMware vSphere 7.0

Attempting to upgrade ESXi to version 7.0 using OEM/partner images, bundles or addons may fail. Fresh/clean installs of ESXi 7.0 are supported when OEM/partner images are used. For this and other important deployment information prior to upgrading VMware vSphere 7.0, 

Refer to VMware Article: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/78487

Also, please refer to the Server Support Matrix and confirm that your server model is in the supported list. 

https://techlibrary.hpe.com/us/en/enterprise/servers/supportmatrix/vmware.aspx

Please note that as of now there is no ETA for the next release. This community will be updated once the ETA is avaiable. 

[regi_p]

HI is there an update/ETA on this ie when can i upgrade my current custom 6.7 to 7..0 ? 

Please update 

[Kashyap02]

As of now HPE do not have any plans for the upgrade from 6;7 to 7.0 . HPE is supporting only fresh installation. 

[regi_p]

Hi  new HPE custom ISO below & Updraded one of my ProLiant DL380 Gen10 as a test & all are good FYI 

https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/downloads/details?downloadGroup=OEM-ESXI70-HPE&productId=974