Specifications

postupgrade considerations 144
postupgrade considerations for vCenter
Server 61
pre-upgrade checker, for vCenter Agent 37
privileges, datastores 68
process for upgrading 169
PXE, configuration files 94
PXE boot ESXi installer using PXELINUX, setup
procedure 95, 96, 98
PXE booted ESXi hosts, enable
remediation 104
PXELINUX
boot ESXi installer using 95, 98
boot ESXi installler using 96
R
reboot image 142
remediation
of hosts 108, 111
of virtual appliances 155
of virtual machines 155
remote management applications 99
Repair-DeployRulesetCompliance cmdlet 132
requirements for vSphere Client 21
requirements for vSphere Web Client 21
resource pool settings affected by upgrade 81
restoring, vCenter Server configuration 52, 54
restoring VirtualCenter 2.x 66
ROM image 92
rootpw command 117
RSA 25
rule set compliance 132
S
SAS disks 13, 15
SATA disks 13, 15
scanning
hosts 107
virtual appliance 154
virtual machine 154
scenarios 27, 169
script, for installing ESXi 117
scripted installation, differences from ESXi
4.x 124
scripted upgrade of ESXi, by PXE Booting 128
scripted upgrade of ESXi, from a USB flash
drive 127
scripted upgrade of ESXi,from a CD or DVD 126
SCSI 13, 15
Service Console, removed in ESXi 5.0 11
Service Console port group 82
services, VMware Tools 147, 148
settings affected by upgrade 78
software depot, defined 133
Solaris guest operating system, VMware Tools
installation or upgrade (tar
installer) 160
specifications
ESXi hardware requirements 13, 15
performance recommendations 13, 15
SQL compatibility mode 40
SQL Server, changing the computer name 35
SQL Server Express database, back up 50
SSH configuration, affected by upgrade 82
SSL certificates 61, 173
static IP addresses 87
supported database formats 26
system requirements, vCenter Server
database 33
T
tar installer 158
TCP/IP 30
Test-DeployRuleSetCompliance cmdlet 132
TFTP 91, 92
tftp-hpa 92
tftpd32 92
Tomcat service, vCenter Server upgrade
failure 60
U
uninstalling VMware Tools 166
Update Manager
hardware requirements 25
supported Operating Systems 26
upgrading 73
updated information 7
upgrade
in place 169
migration 171, 172
process 9, 169
virtual machines 151
VMware Tools 147, 148
upgrade command 117
upgrade hosts 108
upgrade hosts interactively 113
upgrade on new hardware, vCenter Server 34
upgrade precheck script, errors 143
upgrade scenario without host clusters 170
upgrade scenarios 27, 169
upgrade support for ESXi 5.0.x 86
upgrade virtual hardware 165
upgrade VMware Tools, automatic 162
upgrades, best practices 77
upgrading
datastore permissions 67
vSphere Upgrade
180 VMware, Inc.