VMware ESXI 4.0 - UPGRADE GUIDE UPDATE 1 Setup Guide download pdf (Page 3)

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Best Practices

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UpgradingtoESXiUsingUpdateManager ..................................

Requirements .............................................................

UploadingtheESXiInstallationISO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

CreatinganUpgradeBaseline ................................................ 

AttachingtheBaselinetoYourClusterHost .................................

ScanningtheClusterHost ..................................................

RemediatingYourHost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

UpgradingUsingtheESXiInstaller .............................................

Requirements .............................................................

PlacingtheHostintoMaintenanceMode .....................................

BootingOtheESXiInstallationMedia .................................. 

SelectingtheBootDevice .................................................... 

SelectingOptiontoMigrateandPreservingtheVMFSDatastore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Third-Party-SoftwareWarning ............................................. 

ConﬁrmingtheUpgrade .................................................. 

ReconnectingtheHostinvCenter ...........................................

RollingBackfromaFailedESXiInstallerUpgrade ............................

Post-UpgradeConsiderations .................................................

ConﬁguringtheVMwareESXiDumpCollector ............................

ConﬁguringtheESXiSyslogCollector ....................................

ConﬁguringaRemoteManagementHost ....................................

UpgradingVirtualMachines ................................................... 

VMwareTools ................................................................

VirtualHardware .............................................................

OrchestratedUpgradeofVMwareToolsandVirtualHardware ................

UpgradingVMwarevSphereVMFS .............................................

Considerations–UpgradetoVMFS-orCreateNewVMFS- ................ 

OnlineUpgrade .......................................................... 

Conclusion .................................................................. 

AdditionalResources ......................................................... 

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