Other posts in this series:

• Part 1 – Planning & Backups and Prep
• Part 2 – Unlink vCenter  & Upgrade/Install Single Sign-on & Upgrade vSphere Web client
• Part 3 – Upgrade vCenter Inventory Service & Upgrade vCenter Server & Upgrade vCenter Update Manager
• Part 4 – Upgrade SRM & Upgrade SRA, Re-link vCenter & Site Secondary Upgrade
• Part 5 – Post upgrade tasks
• Part 6 – Upgrade ESXi hosts & Upgrade VMware Tools

Step 20:  Upgrade the ESXi hosts using Update Manager

20.1: The first step to carry out is to create a new baseline with the ESXi image. To do this go to Update Manager from the home page on the vSphere client

20.2: Click on the ESXi Images tab as you’ll need to upload the image before configuring a new baseline. Select Import ESXi image

20.3: Select the ESXi image that was downloaded earlier and click Next
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