Re: 5.1 upgrade and patch for Heartbleed
hi, It appears Patch Release ESXi550-201404001 is to be used if your are on ESXi 5.5. I am currently running 5.1 so i have to update to 5.5 using...
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Do you need any of the drivers from the rollup (driver version can be found in the readme for the Rollup image)? Unless that's the case, you may proceed with the steps you mentioned.If driver updates...
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Hi Friend, As per my understanding, 1. You can replace current licensing with paid licensing. Even you can have multiple licenses added to VC, you could apply whatever is required. Based on applied...
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The reason I ask about the drivers .. When I installed ESXi 5.1 on the Dell PE R510, it failed with I think was a driver issue.I had to download a special ESXi Image from the Dell Web Site. I am...
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Hi Friend, You can go ahead with upgrade as first option & add the same server to new VC. Second option is fresh install. If you have other server, do fresh install there and relocate VMs to New...
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Let me ask this… In my 4.1 environment there is no vCenter Server. Can I use the vCenter Server from my 5.5 environment to do this? If not and I do need to install vCenter Server in my 4.1 environment,...
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Thanks, Is that no only for virtual machine which needs to accept WOL packets? What about virtual machine (Windows Servers) which sends out the WOL packets to physical clients? Does this also need to...
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VMware does integrate all individual drivers in their image, that's why vendors offer OEM images for their specific hardware. You may want to consider to use the DELL image "VMware ESXi 5.5 Dell...
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Re: 5.1 upgrade and patch for Heartbleed
Thanks That is a better option.. Then, no need then to use esxcli to patch ESXi even though I moved the zip to the datastore
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Yes and no. No need to apply the patch to resolve the Heartbleed issue. However, according to the build number DELL offers version 5.5.0c , i.e. the build without Update 1a. Maybe due to the NFS issue...
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Re: 5.1 upgrade and patch for Heartbleed
I have ESXi550-201404001.zip on the datastore. I was going with the below cmd: esxcli software vib update -d "/vmfs/volumes/50851ccb-d83b2e2e-e82f-782bcb47bf37/ISOs/ESXi550-201404001.zip" what will...
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Just add "--dry-run" to the command line to simulate what the command would do.esxcli software vib update -d "/vmfs/volumes/50851ccb-d83b2e2e-e82f-782bcb47bf37/ISOs/ESXi550-201404001.zip" --dry-run André
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Hi Welcome to communities. I will recommend go from scratch.
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Is this via CD or are you mounting the iso through the drac?
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Yes, vCenter 5.5 can manage ESXi 4.x and 5.x As for your 4.1 VM's once they are migrated to the ESXi 5.5 hosts, take a snapshot of the VMs first and perform the following:1. Upgrade the VMware Tools2....
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HiMake sure your shared storage is inside VMware HCL VMware Compatibility Guide: System Search As per VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes ESX/ESXi 4.x is compatible with vCenter 5.5, so you can...
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well, if you are upgrading or from your current 4.1 version to the latest 5.5.. you should understand that upgrading is a multistage process in which procedures must be performed in a particular order....
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ok, using dry-run,, is this more to see if there are errors vs seeing what is actually be updated?
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Edy, I believe those settings are for the virtual machies that needs to accept the WOL packets.. I guess, for VM's that sents out Magic packets.. there arent such settings that needs to be configured.....
View ArticleUpgrade Vcenter 5.5 to Vcenter 5.5 Update 1
Hello i have a question about this upgrade, do i have to run the single install like i do to install the 5.5 version ?i use the vcenter on windows 2008 r2 sp1 Thanks for your answer
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