Jemba wrote:
We are currently looking at migrating our ESX 4.0 infrastructure over to 5, but I am as yet undecided how to proceed. Currently the virtual center is running off a 32bit Windows 2003 install, with the database on a remote SQL cluster. We have 6 hosts, with two new hosts and licences to add (for expansion) when we upgrade.
At the moment I can see two courses of action.
1) Re-install the vCenter server with Windows 2008 (x64) and then re-install the various vCenter 4.0 components (kb.vmware.com/kb/2003493). From here the upgrade to vCenter 5 can be carried out on another day.
2) Install a new vCenter (v5), disconnect hosts from the v4 vCenter and then reconnect them to the new vCenter (I realise permissions and resource pools are lost).
Any thoughts?
Thanks in Advance.
hi hope this will help you
http://satyanarayan-m.blogspot.com/2011/11/upgrading-to-vcenter-50.html
Yours,
Satya