Re: VMware upgrade from 5.0 to 5.5
Always follow best practice guide to dong such kind of activity .have a look on this..hope it will help you .Best Practices for Installing or Upgrading to VMware ESXi 5.5 | VMware Support Insider -...
View ArticleEsxi upgrade fails to find installation
Hi, I upgraded one host from esxi 5.0 to 5.5 without any problems. When I tried the next (identical H/W) host the upgrade failed at 24% from iso install with error 39 dir not empty. I moved local.tgz...
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I'm thinking of just installing fresh on this host. What data would I lose? What happens to the vm's that are managed by this host? If they don't appear after the install, can I just browse the...
View ArticleAre non-critical patches needed when installing critical patches?
I'm getting ready to do my first ESXi patch install. I installed update manager last night and did a scan. All 3 hosts say they're missing 15 critical patches. They also say they're missing 20...
View ArticleRe: Are non-critical patches needed when installing critical patches?
To answer your question, No , its not *needed* to push non-critical patches, but if you have a downtime you might as well push all patches. Here are the general guidelines, Abstract from KB...
View ArticleRe: Esxi upgrade fails to find installation
Have you tried re-downloading and burning the ISO to a new CD? This sounds like something in the .iso is messed up.
View ArticleGuide for upgrading Vsphere 4.1 to 5.5?
Does anyone have an easy to follow guide for upgrading Vsphere 4.1 to 5.5 using update manager (or another method)? Here is my environment. Vsphere 4.1 (260247) on 3 hosts.Vcenter 4 on a virtual...
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Re: [PROJECT] Creating a virtual env with 100+ VMs on a desktop PC
I continued work on my project creating the 100 VMs I was talking about to achieve that "enterprise-scale" environment.Well to be honest it's not really enterprise-level, more like medium, but I think...
View ArticleRe: Guide for upgrading Vsphere 4.1 to 5.5?
Hi Friend,- Upgrade your vCenter to 5.5 or install a new one so you can manage your ESX 4.1 hosts- Use the update manager to upgrade your first host 4.1 to 5.5 - Attach the all other 4.1 and newly...
View ArticleRe: Need help with Nested ESXi please :)
As others have said, what you essentially need to do is start thinking about creating a "super cluster" instead of a "super server".The Workstation instances are desktop software and aren't really that...
View ArticleRe: Guide for upgrading Vsphere 4.1 to 5.5?
Hello, I leave you with 2 KB procedures: Upgrade vCenter: VMware KB: Upgrading to vCenter Server 5.5 best practices Upgrade Esxi:VMware KB: Methods for upgrading to ESXi 5.5 Points to consider: 1 -...
View ArticleRe: Guide for upgrading Vsphere 4.1 to 5.5?
See this post: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/479929
View ArticleRe: How to migrate a vCenter 4.1 server and database to a new vCenter 5.5...
Hi gparker, I just found your thread by random chance.Very useful information, thank you for your informative post.
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Re: How to migrate a vCenter 4.1 server and database to a new vCenter 5.5...
My pleasure Please provide any feedback, I'm happy to tweak my procedure.
View ArticleRe: [PROJECT] Creating a virtual env with 100+ VMs on a desktop PC
It seems I can't power on more than 30 VMs (15 machines per ESX host). I do not understand why this is happening:- with the 30 VMs powered on, both cluster nodes have the memory at around 50% while the...
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Have you tried adding more memory to the ESXi VMs?
View ArticleRe: Guide for upgrading Vsphere 4.1 to 5.5?
Thanks for those simple steps! So before I upgrade my Vcenter to 5.5 I suppose I should make a snapshot of it or clone it (Just in-case the upgrade doesn't go well)?If 1 host is upgraded to 5.5 and one...
View ArticleRe: Guide for upgrading Vsphere 4.1 to 5.5?
vMotion will still work as long as you have the correct EVC mode set (if needed). I recently upgraded an environment from 4.1 to 5.5 and I created a completely new vCenter on a fresh host. I then...
View ArticleRe: Guide for upgrading Vsphere 4.1 to 5.5?
1. As described in below docs, you should backup your vCenter prior upgrade.VMware KB: Upgrading to vCenter Server 5.5 best practices vSphere 5.5 Documentation Center - Best Practices for vCenter...
View ArticleRe: [PROJECT] Creating a virtual env with 100+ VMs on a desktop PC
Do the VM's have any reservations set?
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