The lesson was written in the runbook: A patch to an HPE custom image is not an update. It is a merger. You take the security of VMware and the hardware intelligence of HPE, and you weld them together with vLCM. If you forget the HPE VIBs, the lights go amber. If you manage the dependency graph, the cluster hums.
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This guide explores how to identify, download, and apply patches to these custom images to keep your infrastructure secure and fully supported. Why Use the HPE Custom Image? The lesson was written in the runbook: A
You cannot simply "patch" from ESXi 7.0 (HPE custom) to ESXi 8.0 (HPE custom) via esxcli . This requires a fresh install using the new ISO. The driver architecture changed from hpe- to vmw_ prefix in many cases. If you forget the HPE VIBs, the lights go amber
The vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) cluster was set to "HPE Image" mode. vLCM is the only safe way to patch HPE custom images at scale. Sasha created a new Image Baseline :