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After You Upgrade ESXi Hosts 10
To complete a host upgrade, you ensure that the host is reconnected to its managing vCenter Server system
and recongured if necessary. You also check that the host is licensed correctly.
After you upgrade an ESXi host, take the following actions:
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View the upgrade logs. You can use the vSphere Web Client to export the log les.
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If a vCenter Server system manages the host, you must reconnect the host to vCenter Server by right-
clicking the host in the vCenter Server inventory and selecting Connect.
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When the upgrade is complete, the ESXi host is in evaluation mode. The evaluation period is 60 days.
You must assign a vSphere 6.0 license before the evaluation period expires. You can upgrade existing
licenses or acquire new ones from My VMware. Use the vSphere Web Client to congure the licensing
for the hosts in your environment. See the vCenter Server and Host Management documentation for
details about managing licenses in vSphere.
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The host sdX devices might be renumbered after the upgrade. If necessary, update any scripts that
reference sdX devices.
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Upgrade virtual machines on the host. See Chapter 11, “Upgrading Virtual Machines and VMware
Tools,” on page 205.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“About ESXi Evaluation and Licensed Modes,” on page 201
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“Applying Licenses After Upgrading to ESXi 6.0,” on page 202
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“Required Free Space for System Logging,” on page 202
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“Congure Syslog on ESXi Hosts,” on page 203
About ESXi Evaluation and Licensed Modes
You can use evaluation mode to explore the entire set of features for ESXi hosts. The evaluation mode
provides the set of features equal to a vSphere Enterprise Plus license. Before the evaluation mode expires,
you must assign to your hosts a license that supports all the features in use.
For example, in evaluation mode, you can use vSphere vMotion technology, the vSphere HA feature, the
vSphere DRS feature, and other features. If you want to continue using these features, you must assign a
license that supports them.
The installable version of ESXi hosts is always installed in evaluation mode. ESXi Embedded is preinstalled
on an internal storage device by your hardware vendor. It might be in evaluation mode or prelicensed.
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