Specifications

Upgrading Virtual Machines 147

About VMware Tools 148

About Virtual Machines and Host Upgrades 149

Virtual Machine Hardware Versions 150

Perform an Orchestrated Upgrade of Virtual Machines with vSphere Update Manager 151

Planning Downtime for Virtual Machines 156

Downtime for Upgrading Virtual Machines 156

Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Windows Virtual Machine 157

Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Linux Virtual Machine 158

Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Solaris Virtual Machine 160

Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a NetWare Virtual Machine 161

Operating System Specific Packages for Linux Guest Operating Systems 162

Perform an Automatic Upgrade of VMware Tools 162

Upgrade VMware Tools on Multiple Virtual Machines 163

Configure a Virtual Machine to Upgrade VMware Tools Automatically 164

Upgrade Virtual Hardware 165

Upgrade Virtual Hardware on Multiple Virtual Machines 166

Uninstall VMware Tools 166

Example Upgrade Scenarios 169

Upgrading Environments with Host Clusters 169

Upgrading Environments Without Host Clusters 170

Moving Virtual Machines Using vMotion During an Upgrade 171

Moving Powered Off or Suspended Virtual Machines During an Upgrade with vCenter Server 172

Upgrading to vCenter Server on a New Machine 173

Migrating ESX 4.x or ESXi 4.x Hosts to ESXi 5.0 in a PXE-Booted Auto Deploy Installation 174

Upgrading vSphere Components Separately in a VMware View Environment 175

Index 177

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