VMware ESXI 4.0 - UPGRADE GUIDE UPDATE 1 Setup Guide

VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesTECHNICAL WHITE PAPER

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 10VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesUpgrading a 32-Bit vCenter 4.0 OS with a Local DatabaseThis scenario will describ

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 11VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesThe Data Migration Tool should be unzipped in both the source and destination vCe

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 12VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best Practices•Decidewhetherthehostpatchesshouldbebackedupornot.Werecommendnotba

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 13VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesInstalling vCenter Using Data Provided by the Data Migration Tool•Copytheconte

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 14VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best Practices•EnterthepathtotheinstallationmediaofUpdateManager5.0andproceedwith

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 15VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best Practices – Leave the ports set to the default values for Inventory Service and click Next

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 16VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best Practices – Start the VMware vSphere® Client™ to validate that all objects and data are st

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 17VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesUpgrading a 64-Bit vCenter 4.1 Server with a Remote DatabaseOf the three scenario

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 18VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best Practices•NoticetheDatabase Upgrade Warning and ensure that you have a valid backup of

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 19VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best Practices•ProvidetheaccountdetailsandclickNext.•Validatetheinstallationdestinat

VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesTECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 2Table of ContentsIntroduction ...

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 20VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best Practices• SelectthecorrespondingInventorySizeandclickNext.• Selecttheoptionfo

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 21VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best Practices• Backupthedatabasetoalocationwhereyouruserhasthecorrectsetofperm

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 22VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best Practices• CopythisdatabasefromtheselectedlocationtoyournewMicrosoftSQLDataba

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 23VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best Practices – Use the database calculator to identify the initial size of the database. Leav

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 24VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best Practices – Ensure that the correct database is selected to restore, as depicted in the fo

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 25VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best Practices• If you want to reuse your current environment, go to the vCenter Server and re

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 26VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best Practices – Select the correct database as the default. – Click Finish and test the data s

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 27VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best Practices• If the current vCenter Server environment is reused, take the following steps.

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 28VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesUpgrading to VMware ESXi 5.0Following the vCenter Server upgrade, you are ready t

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 29VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesIn addition to running supported hardware, each ESXi host must meet the requireme

VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesTECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 3UpgradingtoESXiUsingUpdateManager ...Req

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 30VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesDisk Partitioning Requirements for ESXiESXi 5.0 uses the same boot disk layout as

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 31VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesPreserving the ESX/ESXi Host ConfigurationDuring the upgrade, most of the ESX/ESXi

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 32VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesVMware ESXi Upgrade Best PracticesThe next section provides recommendations to be

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 33VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesProcedure• InstallthevSphereCLI.• InthevSphereCLI,runthevicfg-cfgbacku

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 34VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesUploading the ESXi Installation ISOStart the upgrade by uploading the ESXi 5.0 in

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 35VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesAttaching the Baseline to Your Cluster/HostAttach the upgrade baseline to your ho

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 36VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesIf a host returns a status of Incompatible with the reason being an invalid boot

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 37VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesAssuming that DRS is enabled and running in fully automated mode, Update Manager

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 38VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesBooting O the ESXi 5.0 Installation MediaConnect to the host console and boot th

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 39VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesTo confirm the correct boot disk, press F1 to display details about the disk. Afte

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 4VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesIntroductionVMware vSphere® 5.0 (“vSphere”) is a significant milestone for VMware,

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 40VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesThird-Party-Software WarningIf third-party software components are detected, a wa

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 41VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesReconnecting the Host in vCenterFollowing the host upgrade and reboot, reconnect

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 42VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesPost-Upgrade ConsiderationsFollowing the ESXi host upgrade, there are several pos

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 43VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesVMware ToolsVersion3.x, 4.x, 5.0Must UpgradeUpgradeOptionalBackwardCompatiblewith

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 44VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesUpgrading VMware vSphere VMFSAfter you perform an ESX/ESXi upgrade, you might nee

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 45VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesThe upgrade process is online and nondisruptive. Virtual machines can continue to

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TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 5VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesObtaining vSphere 5.0 LicensesAll vSphere customers with an active Support and Sub

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 6VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesRequirementsThe following requirements for vCenter 5.0 are listed. These are suppo

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 7VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesBacking Up Your vCenter ConfigurationBefore starting the upgrade procedure, it is r

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 8VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best Practices5. Givethebackupameaningfulnameandausefuldescription.6. Change the back

TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 9VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade Best PracticesSimilarproceduresareavailableforMicrosoftSQLServer2008andOracle.Werefe