Installation guide

Perform an Interactive Upgrade of VMware Tools on a Solaris Guest 78

Perform an Interactive Upgrade of VMware Tools in a Netware Virtual Machine 79

Perform an Automatic Upgrade of VMware Tools 80

Upgrade VMware Tools on Multiple Virtual Machines 81

Configure a Virtual Machine to Automatically Upgrade VMware Tools 82

Upgrade Virtual Hardware 82

Upgrade Virtual Hardware on Multiple Virtual Machines 84

Example Upgrade Scenarios 85

Upgrading Environments with Host Clusters 85

Upgrading Environments without Host Clusters 86

Moving Virtual Machines Using vMotion During an Upgrade 88

Moving Powered Off or Suspended Virtual Machines During an Upgrade (with vCenter Server) 89

Upgrading to vCenter Server on a New Machine 91

Index 93

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