VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 8.x) – how to update and patch a standalone server we need to run a command from the CLI to apply a patch we download from VMware

[root@RA-VMWARE8-03:~] esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient
[root@RA-VMWARE8-03:~] esxcli software sources profile list -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml | grep -i ESXi-8
ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard VMware, Inc. PartnerSupported 2022-09-23T18:59:28 2022-09-23T18:59:28
ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-no-tools VMware, Inc. PartnerSupported 2022-09-23T18:59:28 2022-09-23T18:59:28
ESXi-8.0a-20842819-standard VMware, Inc. PartnerSupported 2022-12-08T00:00:00 2022-12-08T00:00:00
ESXi-8.0a-20842819-no-tools VMware, Inc. PartnerSupported 2022-12-08T00:00:00 2022-11-24T05:47:13
ESXi-8.0sb-21203431-standard VMware, Inc. PartnerSupported 2023-02-14T00:00:00 2023-02-14T00:00:00
ESXi-8.0sb-21203431-no-tools VMware, Inc. PartnerSupported 2023-02-14T00:00:00 2023-01-30T05:35:42
ESXi-8.0b-21203435-standard VMware, Inc. PartnerSupported 2023-02-14T00:00:00 2023-02-14T00:00:00
ESXi-8.0b-21203435-no-tools VMware, Inc. PartnerSupported 2023-02-14T00:00:00 2023-01-30T07:21:34
ESXi-8.0c-21493926-standard VMware, Inc. PartnerSupported 2023-03-30T00:00:00 2023-03-30T00:00:00
ESXi-8.0c-21493926-no-tools VMware, Inc. PartnerSupported 2023-03-30T00:00:00 2023-03-24T16:36:33
ESXi-8.0U1-21495797-standard VMware, Inc. PartnerSupported 2023-04-18T00:00:00 2023-04-18T00:00:00
ESXi-8.0U1-21495797-no-tools VMware, Inc. PartnerSupported 2023-04-18T00:00:00 2023-03-25T02:02:48
[root@RA-VMWARE8-03:~]
[root@RA-VMWARE8-03:~] esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-8.0U1-21495797-standard -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml
[root@RA-VMWARE8-03:~] reboot
[root@RA-VMWARE8-03:~] esxcli software profile get

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