Does the server have light-out mgmt? You can upgrade the BIOS via that. That takes care of the host. ESXi updates can be done through a vCenter.

While nesting a VMware ESXi hypervisor inside another VMware product like Workstation, Fusion, or vSphere may be possible, doing so in a production environment probably isn’t the best solution (that’s ...

IT leaders at small businesses should evaluate virtualization options such as VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V and Nutanix AHV ...