Should you want to upgrade from VMware ESXi 6.0 to 6.5 remotely via CLI you can do in a few simple steps outlined below.
Step 1 – Install Media
We’ll need to download the VMware-ESXi-6.5.0-4564106-depot.zip from VMware ESXi 6.5 page:
Step 2 – Upgrading
2.1 Let’s confirm our ESXi version by SSH into the host:
[root@esxi02:~] vmware -vl VMware ESXi 6.0.0 build-3620759 VMware ESXi 6.0.0 Update 2
2.2 Next we need to find the profile name of 6.5, for this we execute:
esxcli software sources profile list -d /vmfs/volumes/LabESXi02-DS01/VMware-ESXi-6.5.0-4564106-depot.zip
2.3 Which will provide us with the following results:
Name Vendor Acceptance Level --------------------------- ------------ ---------------- ESXi-6.5.0-4564106-no-tools VMware, Inc. PartnerSupported ESXi-6.5.0-4564106-standard VMware, Inc. PartnerSupported
2.4 Now that we have our profile names we’ll be updating our vSphere environment:
esxcli software profile update -d /vmfs/volumes/LabESXi02-DS01/VMware-ESXi-6.5.0-4564106-depot.zip -p ESXi-6.5.0-4564106-standard
Step 3 – Confirmation
SSH back into the host and re-execute vmware -vl:
[root@esxi02:~] vmware -vl VMware ESXi 6.5.0 build-4564106 VMware ESXi 6.5.0 GA





May I upgrade from VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0 3380124 version?
Sure!
It was very helpful for me to do the upgrades. Simply well explained.