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vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) enables centralized and simplified lifecycle management for VMware ESXi hosts.

More information: Managing Host and Cluster Lifecycle

K8S Oct 12, 2026

Supervisor Deployment or Upgrade Stuck at “Installed and Started Kubernetes Node Agent on the ESXi Host”

Supervisor deployment or upgrade hangs in Configuring Host Nodes with repeated Apply Solution tasks? The spherelet VIB cannot install because the hosts are not compliant with the vLCM image, sometimes because of legacy BIOS boot (KB 393663).

3 min read

ESXi Apr 9, 2020

Convert vLCM Baselines to an Image: vSphere Lifecycle Manager Cluster Transition (vSphere 8 and 9)

Baselines are deprecated in vSphere 8 and can't manage ESX 9. How to convert a cluster from vLCM baselines to an image, prerequisites and blockers.

5 min read

ESXi Apr 3, 2020

vSphere 6 Update Manager -> vSphere 7 Lifecycle Manager : upgrade ESXi 6.7 to ESXi 7

Move from vSphere 6 Update Manager to vSphere 7 Lifecycle Manager and upgrade ESXi 6.7 hosts to ESXi 7.0 step by step.

2 min read