wget --progress=bar --no-check-certificate "https://download3.vmware.com/software/esx7/.../VMware-ESXi-7.0U3g-..."

The download began. 350 MB of 640 MB... then it stalled. 0 bytes/sec.

She closed the laptop, grabbed cold pizza from the breakroom, and whispered to the empty office: "I need to automate this whole process."

No. Not tonight.

She found it, checked the "Accept License Agreement" box, and clicked the ISO link.

But a trap awaited. The "Select Version" dropdown showed a jungle of releases: 7.0 Update 1, 7.0 Update 2, 7.0 Update 3j, 7.0 Update 3n... A quick memory scan: her HPE servers had a known bug with Update 3k. She needed .