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title: Updating hosts using vSphere Lifecycle Management (vLCM)
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excerpt: Learn how to update your ESXi hosts via vSphere Lifecycle Management quickly and securely.
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updated: 2025-04-17
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updated: 2025-08-08
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## Objective
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This guide explains how to update your ESXi hosts using vSphere Lifecycle Management (vLCM), directly from the vSphere interface. vLCM helps you detect required updates and keep your hosts up to date quickly and securely by applying a complete image.
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This guide explains how to update your ESXi hosts using vSphere Lifecycle Management (vLCM), directly from the vSphere interface.
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Unlike VMware Update Manager, vLCM provides a full lifecycle approach by including software updates, drivers, firmware, and hardware components. This gives you a centralised view of your hosts’ status and helps you make informed decisions to maintain performance and security.
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vLCM helps you detect required updates and keep your hosts up to date quickly and securely by applying a complete image.
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Unlike VMware Update Manager, vLCM provides a full lifecycle approach by including software updates, drivers, firmware, and hardware components.
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This gives you a centralised view of your hosts’ status and helps you make informed decisions to maintain performance and security.
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## Requirements
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Log in to your vSphere interface, then select the **host cluster** you want to update.
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### Step 2: Select a new image
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### Step 2 : Enable Maintenance Mode (Zerto)
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If you are using the Zerto option (Disaster Recovery Plan):
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You must first switch the hosts in your cluster to Maintenance Mode before starting the update with vLCM:
**Zerto option**: When the update is complete, you can exit Maintenance Mode on the hosts in your cluster.
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## Go further
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If you need training or technical assistance to implement our solutions, please contact your Technical Account Manager or click on [this link](/links/professional-services) to get a quote and ask our Professional Services experts for a custom analysis of your project.
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Ask questions, give your feedback and interact directly with the team building our Hosted Private Cloud services on the dedicated [Discord](https://discord.gg/ovhcloud) channel.
Option Zerto: après la confirmation de la mise à jour, vous pouvez procéder à la sortie de votre cluster du Mode Maintenance.
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**Option Zerto** : Lorsque la mise à jour est terminée, vous pouvez sortir du Mode Maintenance sur les hôtes de votre cluster.
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## Aller plus loin
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Si vous avez besoin d'une formation ou d'une assistance technique pour la mise en oeuvre de nos solutions, contactez votre commercial ou cliquez sur [ce lien](/links/professional-services) pour obtenir un devis et demander une analyse personnalisée de votre projet à nos experts de l’équipe Professional Services.
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Posez vos questions, donnez votre avis et échangez directement avec l’équipe en charge des services Hosted Private Cloud sur notre canal [Discord](https://discord.gg/ovhcloud).
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Échangez avec notre [communauté d'utilisateurs](/links/community).
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Échangez avec notre [communauté d'utilisateurs](/links/community).
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