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Upgrade failure from 6.7.x to 7.0 using VUM
Below is an example screenshot of the upgrade failure when one attempt to upgrade from a Dell EMC
customized 6.7.x image to 7.0 using esxcli profile update.
Upgrade failure from 6.7.x to 7.0 using esxcli
Note: In the above all three cases, the failure errors or symptoms are same, it is just that the three different
interpretation of the failures using three different methods.
2.4.1 Solution
You must remove the above-mentioned driver packages prior attempting an upgrade using the command:
esxcli software vib remove -n qedf -n qfle3f -n sfvmk -n qedi.
Before upgrading, the ESXi needs to be gracefully rebooted to complete the driver packages removal. See
the VMware Knowledge Base article 78389.
Note: If you are dependent upon these drivers for use cases such as NIC Ethernet functions, boot from
iSCSI/FC/FCoE targets, then ensure that you perform the upgrading using ISO-based upgrade options after
removal of these drivers. VUM-based upgrades do not work in case the management network of ESXi hosts
were using these drivers before and you uninstalled them as part of prerequisites.