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vSphere Upgrade Guide ESX 4.1
vSphere Upgrade Guide
ESX 4.1
ESXi 4.1
vCenter Server 4.1
vSphere Client 4.1
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Contents
Updated Information 7
About This Book 9
1 About the Upgrade Process 11
2 System Requirements 13
ESXi Hardware Requirements 13
vCenter Server and the vSphere Client Hardware Requirements 15
vCenter Server Software Requirements 17
vSphere Client Software Requirements 17
Support for 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems 17
Requirements for Creating Virtual Machines 17
Required Ports 18
Supported Remote Management Firmware Versions 19
3 Preparing for the Upgrade to vCenter Server 21
About the vCenter Server 4.1 Upgrade 21
vCenter Server Upgrade Summary 21
Prerequisites for the vCenter Server Upgrade 23
vCenter Server Database Patch and Configuration Requirements 25
Database Scenarios 26
Configure vCenter Server to Communicate with the Local Database After Shortening the Computer
Name to 15 Characters or Fewer 28
Back Up VirtualCenter 2.5 or Higher 28
Run the vCenter Agent Preupgrade Check Tool 29
Downtime During the vCenter Server Upgrade 31
4 Upgrading to vCenter Server 4.1 33
Upgrade to vCenter Server 4.1 33
5 Upgrade to vCenter Server on a Different Machine and Upgrade the Existing
Database 35
Back Up and Move the vCenter Server Database 36
Back Up VirtualCenter or vCenter Server Configuration with the Data Migration Tool 39
Create a 64-Bit DSN 40
Restore the vCenter Server Configuration and Install vCenter Server on the Destination Machine 41
Update the vCenter Server Name for Plug-Ins 45
Migrate a License Server Installed on the Same Machine as vCenter Server 45
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6 Postupgrade Considerations for vCenter Server 47
Upgrade the vSphere Client 47
Join a Linked Mode Group After a vCenter Server Upgrade 48
Set the Maximum Number of Database Connections After a vCenter Server Upgrade 49
7 Upgrading Datastore and Network Permissions 51
Datastore Privileges 52
Network Privileges 52
Update Datastore Permissions 53
Update Network Permissions 54
8 Preparing for the Upgrade to ESX 4.1/ESXi 4.1 57
About Host Upgrades 58
Release Upgrade Support for ESX/ESXi 58
vCenter Update Manager 59
Recommendation for Static IP Addresses 60
vSphere Components Upgraded by Update Manager 60
Preserved Configuration Components 60
Non-Preserved Configuration Components 62
Back Up the ESX Host Configuration 62
Back Up the ESXi Host Configuration 63
Best Practices for Upgrades 63
9 Upgrading to ESX 4.1 or ESXi 4.1 65
About the vihostupdate Command-Line Utility 65
Upgrade an ESX Host with the vihostupdate Utility 66
Upgrade an ESXi Host with the vihostupdate Utility 67
Upgrade an ESX Host with the esxupdate Utility 67
10 Postupgrade Considerations for Hosts 69
Restore vSphere Web Access on ESX Hosts 70
Evaluation Period Countdown 71
Clean Up the ESX Bootloader Menu After Upgrade 71
About the esxconsole.vmdk 72
Uninstalling the VMware License Server 72
Roll Back an ESX Upgrade 73
Roll Back an ESXi Upgrade 73
Restore the ESX Host Configuration 74
Restore the ESXi Host Configuration 74
11 Upgrading Virtual Machines 75
About VMware Tools 76
About Virtual Machines and ESX/ESXi Upgrades 76
Orchestrated Upgrade of Virtual Machines Scenario 76
Planning Downtime for Virtual Machines 77
Downtime for Upgrading Virtual Machines 77
Perform an Interactive Upgrade of VMware Tools on a Microsoft Windows Guest 78
Perform an Interactive Upgrade of VMware Tools on a Linux Guest with the Tar Installer 79
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Perform an Interactive Upgrade of VMware Tools on a Solaris Guest 80
Perform an Interactive Upgrade of VMware Tools in a Netware Virtual Machine 81
Perform an Automatic Upgrade of VMware Tools 82
Upgrade VMware Tools on Multiple Virtual Machines 83
Configure a Virtual Machine to Automatically Upgrade VMware Tools 84
Upgrade Virtual Hardware 85
Upgrade Virtual Hardware on Multiple Virtual Machines 86
12 Example Upgrade Scenarios 87
Upgrading Environments with Host Clusters 87
Upgrading Environments without Host Clusters 89
Moving Virtual Machines Using vMotion During an Upgrade 90
Moving Powered Off or Suspended Virtual Machines During an Upgrade (with vCenter Server) 92
Upgrading to vCenter Server on a New Machine 94
Index 97
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