Installation guide

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SAS disks 13, 14
SATA disks 13, 14
scenarios 21, 74, 85
SCSI 13, 14
services, VMware Tools 73, 74
Solaris guest, VMware Tools upgrade 78
specifications
ESXi hardware requirements 13, 14
performance recommendations 13, 14
SQL Server, changing the computer name 27
SQL Server Express database, back up 37
SSL certificates 45, 91
static IP addresses 58
supported upgrades, ESX 56
swap partition 70
system requirements, vCenter Server
database 25
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tar installer 77
TCP/IP 23
technical support 9
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uninstalling, the license server 70
Update Manager 57, 58
updated information 7
upgrade
in place 85, 86
migration 88, 89
of hosts 58
process 11, 85, 86
virtual machines 74
VMware Tools 73, 74
upgrade on new hardware, vCenter Server 26
upgrade scenarios 21, 74, 85
upgrade support for ESX 56
upgrade virtual hardware 82
upgrade VMware Tools, automatic 80
upgrade VMware Tools, Linux (tar installer) 77
upgrade VMware Tools, Microsoft Windows 76
upgrade VMware Tools, Netware 79
upgrade VMware Tools, Solaris 78
upgrades, best practices 61
upgrading
datastore permissions 49
network permissions 49
stage 1 21, 30
stage 4 74
support 56
to vCenter Server 31
vCenter Server 21
vCenter Server database 23
vCenter Server on a different machine 33
vSphere Client 21
upgrading virtual hardware 84
use cases 85
utilities, VMware Tools 73, 74
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vCenter Agent, preupgrade check tool 28
vCenter Server
database 34
hardware requirements 15
joining a group 46
ports 18
postupgrade considerations 45
postupgrade tasks 47
software requirements 17
system requirements 13
upgrading 31
vCenter Server downtime 30
vCenter Server upgrade, prerequisites 21
vCenter Update Manager 56
vCenter upgrade 21
VI Client 45
vicfg-cfgbackup 61
vihostupdate 63–65
virtual disk 70
virtual hardware, upgrading 73, 84
virtual hardware upgrade, downtime 75
virtual machines
downtime during upgrade 75
RAM requirements 13, 14
requirements 17
upgrade 74
virtual machines upgrade 74
VirtualCenter
backup 28
upgrading to vCenter Server 31
vMotion 88
VMware Tools
automate upgrades 81, 82
install and upgrade 73, 74
VMware Tools upgrade, downtime 75
VMware Tools upgrade, automatic 80
VMware Tools upgrade, Linux (tar installer) 77
VMware Tools upgrade, Microsoft Windows 76
VMware Tools upgrade, Netware 79
VMware Tools upgrade, Solaris) 78
vpxa, See vCenter Agent
vSphere CLI 63–65
vSphere Client
hardware requirements 15
Index
VMware, Inc. 95