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Issue is noticed on ESXi hosts which are recently upgraded to 7.xIn vCenter UI, you see events similar to: vSphere HA agent for this host has an error: vSphere HA agent cannot be installed or configured On the ESXi host, in the /var/run/log/esxupdate.log, you see entries similar to: 2022-11-04T09:17:59Z esxupdate: 2113067: esxupdate: ERROR: vmware.esximage.Errors.InstallationError: Upgrade VIB(s) "loadesx" is required for the transaction. Please use a depot with a complete set of ESXi VIBs.
This issue occurs if loadesx vib is missing on the ESXi hostIf the ESXi hosts are upgraded to 7.x using esxcli software vib update command, loadesx vib will be skipped during the upgrade and result in this issue.
The esxcli software vib update and esxcli software vib install commands are not supported for upgrade operations.Note: This resolution applies on hosts with ESXi versions lesser than 7.03P06.For all the affected ESXi hosts, re-run the upgrade using the below procedure: Put the ESXi host in Maintenance modeRun the upgrade again using the below command to install the missing vibs esxcli software profile update -d <location of Zip file> -p <profile name> -fExample:esxcli software profile update -d /vmfs/volumes/iscsi-2/VMware-ESXi-7.0U2e-19290878-depot.zip -p ESXi-7.0U2e-19290878-standard -fNote: To get a list of all available image profiles in the zip file, use the command esxcli software sources profile list -d <location of ZIP file> Reboot the ESXi hostConfigure vSphere HA
For more information see Upgrade or Update a Host with Image Profiles
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