To upgrade vCenter via CLI:
software-packages install --url --acceptEulasNote: If you've changed the default shell in vCenter to bash, you will need to invoke appliancesh to toggle to the vCenter Appliance Shell.
root@vcsa [ ~ ]# appliancesh
Password:
Connected to service
* List APIs: "help api list"
* List Plugins: "help pi list"
* Launch BASH: "shell"
Command> software-packages install --url --acceptEulas
[2024-09-20 12:54:19,734] : Discovering updates...
[2024-09-20 12:55:26,191] : UpdateInfo: Using product version 7.0.3.02000 and build 24026615
[2024-09-20 12:55:26,192] : Target VCSA version = 7.0.3.02100
[2024-09-20 12:55:54,827] : Stage path file doesn't exist
[2024-09-20 12:56:06,040] : Staging in progress ....
[2024-09-20 12:56:09,090] : Downloading RPM VMware-Postgres-upgrade-11-13.13.0-23267089.x86_64.rpm ....
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[2024-09-20 12:57:48,748] : Downloading RPM VMware-envoy-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm
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[2024-09-20 13:00:01,955] : Staging completed successfully.
[2024-09-20 13:00:01,980] : update is already staged. Proceeding to install.
[2024-09-20 13:00:18,924] : Installing version: 7.0.3.02100
[2024-09-20 13:00:27,197] : Running precheck ....
[2024-09-20 13:00:30,205] : Validating user input ....
[2024-09-20 13:00:35,216] : Preparing system for update ....
[2024-09-20 13:00:40,226] : Running test transaction ....
[2024-09-20 13:04:49,781] : Stopping services ....
[2024-09-20 13:04:56,799] : Extracting script information from rpms ....
[2024-09-20 13:04:59,807] : Installing RPM vmware-vlcm-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:05:04,820] : Installing RPM vmware-lwis-7.0.3-24200987.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:05:24,032] : Installing RPM VMware-vpxd-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:05:33,078] : Installing RPM applmgmt-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:05:50,363] : Installing RPM VMware-vsan-health-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
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[2024-09-20 13:06:03,978] : Installing RPM VMware-cloudvm-vimtop-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm
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[2024-09-20 13:06:19,247] : Installing RPM vmware-afd-7.0.3.27000-13975452.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:06:22,349] : Installing RPM vmware-cam-7.0.3.27000-24202020.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:06:25,377] : Installing RPM vmware-certificate-client-7.0.3.27000-13975452.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:06:28,400] : Installing RPM vmware-certificate-server-7.0.3.27000-13975452.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:06:31,409] : Installing RPM vmware-directory-client-7.0.3.27000-13975452.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:06:34,422] : Installing RPM vmware-ic-deploy-7.0.3.27000-13975452.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:06:36,428] : Installing RPM vmware-sca-7.0.3.02100-13975548.noarch.rpm
[2024-09-20 13:06:38,438] : Installing RPM vmware-psc-health-7.0.3.27000-13975452.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:06:43,644] : Installing RPM vmware-lookupsvc-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:06:46,650] : Installing RPM vmware-imagebuilder-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:06:53,987] : Installing RPM vmware-identity-sts-7.0.3.27000-13975452.noarch.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:06:55,992] : Installing RPM vmware-esx-netdumper-7.0.3.02100-0.0.13975548.i386.rpm
[2024-09-20 13:06:57,996] : Installing RPM vmware-autodeploy-7.0.3.02100-13975548.noarch.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:07:05,244] : Installing RPM cis-upgrade-runner-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:07:08,252] : Installing RPM VMware-vstats-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:07:11,264] : Installing RPM VMware-vpxd-svcs-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:07:14,275] : Installing RPM VMware-vmon-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:07:16,280] : Installing RPM VMware-visl-integration-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm
[2024-09-20 13:07:20,293] : Installing RPM VMware-vdtc-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:07:23,303] : Installing RPM VMware-vcha-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:07:26,314] : Installing RPM VMware-vapi-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:07:29,322] : Installing RPM VMware-trustmanagement-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:07:32,336] : Installing RPM VMware-topologysvc-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:07:37,352] : Installing RPM VMware-sps-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:07:39,358] : Installing RPM VMware-spherelet_1_26-1.3.10-13975548.x86_64.rpm
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[2024-09-20 13:07:48,385] : Installing RPM VMware-spherelet_1_24-1.3.8-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:07:57,412] : Installing RPM VMware-spherelet-solution-depot-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:08:00,418] : Installing RPM VMware-rhttpproxy-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:08:05,431] : Installing RPM VMware-perfcharts-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:08:08,439] : Installing RPM VMware-observability-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:08:11,447] : Installing RPM VMware-infraprofile-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:08:16,460] : Installing RPM VMware-hvc-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:08:21,475] : Installing RPM VMware-envoy-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:08:34,512] : Installing RPM VMware-content-library-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:08:36,518] : Installing RPM VMware-containerfw-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm
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[2024-09-20 13:08:43,536] : Installing RPM VMware-certificatemanagement-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:08:46,544] : Installing RPM VMware-certificateauthority-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:08:48,552] : Installing RPM VMware-applmon-cloudvm-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm
[2024-09-20 13:09:02,594] : Installing RPM VMware-UpdateManager-7.0.3.02100-13975548.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:09:05,603] : Installing RPM VMware-Postgres-upgrade-96-13.13.0-23267089.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:09:10,625] : Installing RPM VMware-Postgres-upgrade-11-13.13.0-23267089.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:09:17,651] : Installing RPM VMware-Postgres-upgrade-10-13.13.0-23267089.x86_64.rpm ....
[2024-09-20 13:34:32,664] : Converting data as part of post install ....
[2024-09-20 13:34:38,989] : Installation completed successfully.
[2024-09-20 13:34:38,990] : Installation process completed successfully.