Howto Upgrade to VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3o

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This short guide explains how to upgrade an existing installation of VMWare ESXi 7.0 to upgrade 3O
As pre-requisite you need to have too access and either insert the commands directly or via an active SSH connection.

esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient
esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-7.0U3o-22348816-standard  -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml 
esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e false -r httpClient

Ubuntu Linux kernel 6.5 installation guide

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This installation guide describes how to install Linux Kernel 6.5.0 on Ubuntu Linux. This works with the latest version of Ubuntu Linux and most Ubuntu-based distributions including Kubuntu and Mint. The included kernel files have been compiled using the generic Ubuntu configuration. A low latency version is also available in the directory of the linked files.

This post is an update of “Ubuntu Linux kernel 6.4 installation guide“

Which version do you need? The same as the current installed OS
In the terminal run: uname -a

Quick selection guide:

  • AMD64 Most current computers
  • ARM 64: ARMv8 CPUs
  • ARM HF: ARMv7 CPUs
  • IBM PowerPC 64: PPC64EL
  • IBM Z: S390X

The files can be found at: https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v6.5/

  1. Download the general header package

    linux-headers-6.5.0-060500_6.5.0-060500.202308271831_all.deb
  2. And the appropriate headers package for your system
  3. and the kernel image
  4. And the kernel modules

Install the files in the same order as downloaded above

In the terminal run: sudo update-grub

Reboot and select the kernel from the bootloader menu