Hi
I hope somebody can help. I have a number of 5.1 ESX hosts which I would like to upgrade to 5.5 using Update Manager which seems straight forward enough....... right
vCentre is at 5.5
Import the ESXi ISO to Update Manager
Create a Baseline
Attach Baseline to the host to be upgraded
Scan and Remediate
.... Simple
The problem I am having is that we use the HP Custom image as they are all HP servers, makes sense, right. I have downloaded the HP 5.5 Custom Image ISO from the VMWare site and imported the ISO to Update Manager, created a baseline, attached it to a test host ( DL585 G5 ) and run a scan. Im then presented with an incompatible warning and the details show the below
I have been searching the net for a solution and found multiple entries about dealing with conflicting VIBs and creating custom ISOs, which I have also downloaded the HP ESX Depot ZIP file and created a custom ISO which does not work either.
Below is the current Broadcom VIBs installed on my ESX test host
I also cant remove the conflicting VIBs as they are the network card drivers and if I do remove them and reboot the host has not network adapters ( yup, i tried that ).
Its been 2 days of pulling my hair out 
and maybe I am missing something simple.
Anybody have any ideas ?
Thanks