Specifications

network permissions 67
stage 1 27, 38
stage 4 148
Update Manager 73
Update Manager Client 75
Update Manager server 73
vCenter Server 27
vCenter Server database 30
vCenter Server on a different machine 43
virtual machine hardware 150
vSphere Client 27
upgrading ESXi, scripted 114
upgrading hosts 77
upgrading hosts using esxcli 133
upgrading virtual hardware 166
upgrading VMware Tools
Linux (tar installer) 158
Microsoft Windows 157
NetWare (tar installer) 161
process overview 148
Solaris (tar installer) 160
USB drive, upgrade hosts from 113
USB, bootable ESXi installation 88
USB, ESXi installation script 89
use cases 169
user input for Auto Deploy 130
user input for Auto Deploy hosts 129
utilities, VMware Tools 147, 148
V
vCenter Host Agent, pre-upgrade checker 37
vCenter Host Agent Pre-Upgrade Checker 36
vCenter Server
database 45
downloading the installer 39
hardware requirements 17
joining a group 65
ports 22
postupgrade considerations 61
postupgrade tasks 66
requirements for joining a group 64
software requirements 20
system requirements 13
upgrade preparation tasks 175
upgrading 27
vCenter Server Appliance
ports 23
See also VMware vCenter Server Appliance
vCenter Server Appliance,updating from a
zipped update bundle 59
vCenter Server Appliance,updating from the CD-
ROM drive 60
vCenter Server Appliance,updating from the
VMware.com Repository 59
vCenter Server Appliance,upgrading 58
vCenter Server downtime 38
vCenter Server upgrade, prerequisites 27
vCenter Server upgrade fails, Tomcat service 60
vCenter Server upgrades, best practices 29
vCenter Server upgrades and datastore
names 39
vCenter upgrade 27
vCenter Virtual Appliance, JVM heap settings 17
VI Client 62
VIB, defined 133
VIBs
acceptance levels 133
migrating in upgrade 85
VIBs, maintenance mode for installing or
updating 135
VIBs, removing from host 140
VIBs, update host with 137
View Agent, upgrade procedure 175
viewing, compliance information 108, 154
vihostupdate 99
virtual appliance
manually scan 154
scanning 154
virtual appliance remediation 155
virtual appliance upgrade baseline, creating 151
virtual CD 99
Virtual Center, upgrading to vCenter Server 41
virtual hardware, upgrading 147, 166
virtual hardware upgrade, downtime 156
virtual machine
manually scan 154
scanning 154
virtual machine and virtual appliance baseline
group, creating 152
virtual machine hardware, upgrading 150
virtual machine hardware version 150
virtual machine remediation 155
virtual machines
downtime during upgrade 156
hardware versions 150
RAM requirements 13, 15
upgrade 151
upgrading hardware version 150
virtual machines upgrade 149
VirtualCenter, backup 36
VirtualCenter 2.x, restoring after upgrade 66
vmaccepteula command 117
vMotion 171
VMware Tools
automate upgrades 163, 164
Index
VMware, Inc. 181