Staging allows you
to download patches and extensions from the Update Manager server to the
ESXi hosts
without applying the patches and extensions immediately.
Note
Staging can be performed
only for hosts, clusters, and data centers.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are connected
to a
vCenter
Server
system.
Procedure
1 | Retrieve a host and
store it in the
$host variable.
$host = Get-VMHost -Name 10.23.112.233
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2 | Stage the patches for
upgrading the host.
Stage-Patch -Entity $host
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