#Upgrade vmware esxi 5 to 6 upgrade#
And do I have it correct that after the upgrade you must go into the datastore and re-add each VM to inventory in order to see them again? I have about 37 VMS running that our Development team currently uses so I was also wondering about downtime. I have inherited this Esxi 4.1 Virtual Environment and have been recently asked to upgrade to vSphere 5.0. I’m leery about doing this upgrade without first backing up my current VMS. Any suggestions anyone? Either your personal choice for backing up VMS or Suggestions for backing up VMS you may have found online? This may be for another forum but does anyone have a good backup plan to save current VMs before upgrading to 5.0? I’m a few steps up from a complete Noob here but an expert by no means. Great post though, its just what I needed to see. I have the 5.0 Upgrade guide and of course one of the first notes in it states “VMWare highly suggests backing up your current configuration” And if you had, I suppose I am looking at backing up my current 4.1 Environment VMs first before I blow everything up.
I was wondering if you backed up your VMS first before performing the upgrade. I’m looking to do the same upgrade here in our Production Environment. Reboot the server to start using ESXi 5.0.0įinal result: Successfully upgraded from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.0 Remove the installation disc before rebooting To administer your server, use the vSphere Client or the Direct Control User Interface after the evaluation period, you must re-apply your licenses to this server. has been successfully installed.ĮSXi 5.0.0 will operate in evaluation mode for 60 days. – Confirm Upgrade: Press F11 to start the upgrade processĮSXi 5.0.0.
#Upgrade vmware esxi 5 to 6 install#
( ) Install ESXi, overwrite VMFS datastore ( ) Install ESXi, preserve VMFS datastore ( ) Upgrade ESXi, preserve VMFS datastore Also choose whether to preserve or overwrite the existing VMFS datastore. Choose whether to upgrade or install and overwrite the existing ESXi installation. The selected storage device contains an installation of ESXi and a VMFS datastore. – The setup detects there’s an older version of vSphere installed, select in the menu what to do: – Select the disk to with the existing ESXi 4.1 installation – Press: Enter to continue the installation – Choose: ESX-5.0.0 Installer in the menu
– Mount the vSphere 5.0 cd-rom in the host ^ Current installed OS: VMware ESXi 4.1.0 build 260247 Last night I did an upgrade from vSphere ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.0 using the ESXi 5 installation CD.
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