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Came across this error when trying to upgrade ESXi to a newer version

The upgrade has VIBs that are missing dependencies:

VMware_bootbank_esx-nsxv_6.5.0-0.0.7119877

1. First you want to take a backup of the ESXi config
2. Open an SSH session to the host
3. Run these two commands and download the file with your web browser by going to the link generated

vim-cmd hostsvc/firmware/sync_config
vim-cmd hostsvc/firmware/backup_config

4. Then you need to find the actual VIB name (but replace with part of your VIB name from the error)

esxcli software vib list | grep esx-nsxv

Example output:
[root@esx1:~] esxcli software vib list | grep esx-nsxv
esx-nsxv                       6.5.0-0.0.7119877                    VMware     VMwareCertified   2018-01-16

5. Check to see if the VIB is in use by the host by running these commands:

esxcfg-scsidevs -a
esxcfg-nics -l

6. If the VIB is not in use, it can be removed with this command:

esxcli software vib remove -n <vib name>
EX: 
esxcli software vib remove -n esx-nsxv

7. The host will need to be rebooted to fully remove the VIB

And that’s it!