Upgraded a Cisco M3 C220 from ESXi v6.5 to v7.0 and had some bumps along the way.
Here are two sites that I got some information from that I wish I had found earlier.
https://jc-lan.org/2021/03/07/upgrade-from-esxi-6-7-to-7-0-via-command-line-ssh/
https://tinkertry.com/easy-update-to-latest-esxi
This particular machine had the Cisco customized version of v6.5 installed. During the install of v7.0 several drivers had to be removed. Something that I wished I had known about earlier was to use the "--ok-to-remove" to have VMWare automatically VIB's it doesn't like; this would have saved a bunch of time!
Error message: 'Could not find a trusted signer.'
Workaround: esxcli software acceptance set --level=CommunitySupported
and tack on "--no-sig-check" at the tail end of the esxcli software line
Error Message: '[Errno 28] No space left on device'
Workaround: Make sure a datastore has been selected for swapfile space
Typing in: "/sbin/reboot" will reboot a host if no VM's are currently running.
If that doesn't work, try downloading the patch do a datastore and run the patch from there. IE:
esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-6.7.0-20210301001s-standard -d /vmfs/volumes/300gbRAID1/ESXi670-202103001.zip
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