Installation guide

G
global data 46
groups 46
guest operating systems 17
H
hardware requirements
for ESXi 13
for vCenter Server 15
hardware requirements for the vSphere
Client 15
hardware requirements, ESXi 14
host upgrade 63
host upgrades, about 56
hosts, upgrade 58
hosts firewall 18
hosts, configuration after upgrade 58, 60
I
IDE disks 13, 14
ILO 19
in-place upgrades 30, 85, 86
install, VMware Tools 73, 74
install.bat 39, 41, 91
installing the vSphere Client 45
IP addresses 58
L
LDAP 46
license server
migrating 43
uninstalling 70
licensing, vCenter Server 45
Linked Mode group 45, 46
Linux guest, VMware Tools upgrade (tar
installer) 77
listening ports 18
log files 67
LUN masking 67
M
memory, ESXi requirements 13, 14
Microsoft .NET Framework 17
Microsoft SQL Server, requirements 25
Microsoft Windows guest, VMware Tools
upgrade 76
migrating, license server 43
migration upgrade 30, 88, 89
N
Netware guest, VMware Tools upgrade 79
network permissions
upgrade 52
upgrading 49
networks, permissions 50
O
optional partitions 70
Oracle 26
Oracle database
changing the computer name 27
requirements 25
Oracle JDBC Driver 45
orchestrated upgrade
of hosts 58
of virtual machines 74
P
partitions 70
permissions, networks 50
plug-ins, updating 43
port 389 18
port 443 18
port 636 18
port 80 18
ports
443 23
80 23
configuring 18
firewall 18
ports 1025 through 65535 18
ports used by vCenter Server 18
postupgrade considerations 67
postupgrade considerations for vCenter
Server 45
preupgrade check tool, for vCenter Agent 28
privileges, datastores 50
process for upgrading 11, 85, 86
R
required partitions 70
requirements for virtual machines 17
requirements for vSphere Client 17
restore ESX 72
restoring, vCenter Server configuration 39, 41
restoring the ESXi configuration 72
rollback-to-esx3 command 69, 71
rolling back an ESX upgrade 69, 71
rolling back an ESXi update 71
RSA 19
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