Installation guide

Updated Information
This vSphere Upgrade Guide is updated with each release of the product or when necessary.
This table provides the update history of the vSphere Upgrade Guide.
Revision Description
EN-000310-04 Minor change in “Update the vCenter Server Name for Plug-Ins,” on page 43 section.
EN-000310-03
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Included a topic, “DNS Requirements for vSphere,” on page 19 in System Requirements section.
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Minor change in, “Requirements for Creating Virtual Machines,” on page 17 section.
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Modified a point in “vSphere Components Upgraded by Update Manager,” on page 58 section.
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Modified a point in “Preserved Configuration Components,” on page 58 section.
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Removed a step from the “Back Up the ESX Host Configuration,” on page 60 section
EN-000310-02
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Made a variety of changes specific to vSphere 4.1 Update 1, including updating the topics: “vCenter
Server Upgrade Summary,” on page 21, “Database Scenarios,” on page 26, and “Release Upgrade
Support for ESX/ESXi,” on page 56.
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Added cautionary wording to Chapter 9, “Upgrading to ESX 4.1 or ESXi 4.1,” on page 63 indicating
that upgrades from ESX 3.x to ESX 4.x fail to replicate customized partitions.
EN-000310-01 Added notes to “vCenter Server Upgrade Summary,” on page 21 referencing vCenter Server release notes.
EN-000310-00 Initial release.
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