Setup guide

VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade
Best Practices
TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 3
UpgradingtoESXiUsingUpdateManager ..................................
Requirements .............................................................
UploadingtheESXiInstallationISO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
CreatinganUpgradeBaseline ................................................ 
AttachingtheBaselinetoYourClusterHost .................................
ScanningtheClusterHost ..................................................
RemediatingYourHost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
UpgradingUsingtheESXiInstaller .............................................
Requirements .............................................................
PlacingtheHostintoMaintenanceMode .....................................
BootingOtheESXiInstallationMedia .................................. 
SelectingtheBootDevice .................................................... 
SelectingOptiontoMigrateandPreservingtheVMFSDatastore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Third-Party-SoftwareWarning ............................................. 
ConfirmingtheUpgrade .................................................. 
ReconnectingtheHostinvCenter ...........................................
RollingBackfromaFailedESXiInstallerUpgrade ............................
Post-UpgradeConsiderations .................................................
ConfiguringtheVMwareESXiDumpCollector ............................
ConfiguringtheESXiSyslogCollector ....................................
ConfiguringaRemoteManagementHost ....................................
UpgradingVirtualMachines ................................................... 
VMwareTools ................................................................
VirtualHardware .............................................................
OrchestratedUpgradeofVMwareToolsandVirtualHardware ................
UpgradingVMwarevSphereVMFS .............................................
Considerations–UpgradetoVMFS-orCreateNewVMFS- ................ 
OnlineUpgrade .......................................................... 
Conclusion .................................................................. 
AdditionalResources ......................................................... 