—the specialized "gold build" where Hewlett Packard Enterprise pre-bundles the critical drivers for storage controllers and network adapters that the vanilla ESXi installer ignores [1, 2].
# Check ESXi build version vmware -vl
You can safely apply VMware security patches to a host originally installed with an HPE Custom Image without losing the custom driver configurations, provided you stay within the same major update boundary. 1. vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) The most efficient method for managed environments. hpe custom image for esxi patched
You don't want that.
Elias exhaled, the tension leaving his shoulders. The giant was awake, and it was invulnerable. vLCM steps to build this patched image for your hardware? vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) The most efficient method
: In vLCM, select your base HPE Custom Image, then add the specific VMware patch as an "addon" or "component". The giant was awake, and it was invulnerable