Setup guide

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VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade
Best Practices
If a host returns a status of Incompatible with the reason being an invalid boot disk, you cannot use Update
Manager to upgrade. Try using the ESXi Installer.
If a host returns a status of Incompatible with the reason being that optional third-party software was detected,
you can proceed with the upgrade and reinstall the optional software packages afterward or you can proactively
add the optional packages to the ESXi installation image using Image Builder CLI.
Remediating Your Host
After the scan completes and your host is flagged as Non-Compliant, you are ready to perform the upgrade.
From the Hosts and Clusters view, select the host/cluster, select the Update Manager tab and select
Remediate. You will get a pop-up asking if you want to install patches, upgrade, or do both. Choose the
upgrade option and follow the wizard to complete the remediation.