Upgrading to ESXi 7.0 Manually, Without vCenter

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Buying every separate feature or tool from VMware vSphere can prove too expensive for small deployments. Not having vCenter will mean you can’t run the host, which has vCenter Server Appliance, in maintenance mode. Nonetheless, you’ll still need to update your ESXi to the latest version for the environment to work properly.

Read the article by Vladan Seget of ESX Virtualization (vladan.fr) to see how you can upgrade your existing ESXi host to 7.0 manually, avoiding unwanted expenses.