How to update VMware ESXi 7.0 to 7.0 U1 using the command line

In this how-to video, I will demonstrate the process of updating an ESXi 7.0 host to 7.0 update 1. The process will be the same for any other updates/patches.

Table of commands used in the video:
Put host in maintenance mode: esxcli system maintenanceMode set –enable true
Reboot server: reboot

Contents:
00:00 Introduction
01:12 Download update
02:04 Upload update to a datastore
03:27 Enable ESXi Shell
04:09 Install update
11:20 Confirm update was installed

[gannet]

This was exactly what I needed! I really appreciated going through each command one by one instead of just giving the whole command without any reason why we picked certain options.

[clark_crisp]

Used your video today. Works great! Thanks for sharing

[Gorja]

great summary, all commands correct. (:

[brianthird]

I cant thank you enough, this was a great video and my first upgrade. I normally wipe it out and start again as its a lab test server.

[marguelles]

Thanks for the video, I've learned something new today :)

[JarmisonNascimento]

Amazing!
It helped me understand the update process and today I'm going to update my first esxi host. Thanks! +1

[sonnynguyen]

Thanks for the video Sir! you saved me a day for this.

[Noizequake]

really good video - Updated my ESXi host just fine. Maybe I should mention - ESXi won't be able to show the profile list if you have your Offline Bundle (.zip) directly in your datastore, you need to make a new folder and put it there, after I did that it showed the profile just like in your video and I could proceed with the update :)

[dnldnl]

Do you really need to go into maintenance mode?