Installation guide

restoring the configuration 81
update, rolling back 81, 102
ESXi Embedded
replacing with ESX 25
replacing with ESXi Installable 26
ESXi Installable
changing ESX to 25
changing ESXi Embedded to 26
ESXi upgrade 75
esxupdate 99
evaluating ESXi 78
F
firewall 34
G
global data 57
groups 57
guest operating systems 34
H
hardware requirements
for ESXi 30
for vCenter Server 32
hardware requirements for the vSphere
Client 32
hardware requirements, ESXi 31
host compatibility check 66
host patching 99
host upgrades, about 65
hosts, upgrade 67
hosts firewall 34
hosts, configuration after upgrade 68
I
IDE disks 27, 30, 31
ILO 36
in-place upgrades 16, 17, 43
install, VMware Tools 83, 84
installing the vSphere Client 56
IP addresses 67
L
LDAP 57
license server, uninstalling 79
licensing, vCenter Server 55
licensing upgrades 13
Linked Mode group 55, 57
Linux guest, VMware Tools upgrade (on X) 87
Linux guest, VMware Tools upgrade (rpm
installer) 88
Linux guest, VMware Tools upgrade (tar
installer) 89
listening ports 34
LocalDepot 101
log files 77
LUN masking 77
M
memory, ESXi requirements 30, 31
memory, server requirements 27
Microsoft .NET Framework 34
Microsoft SQL Server, requirements 40
Microsoft Windows guest, VMware Tools
upgrade 86
migration upgrade 18, 20, 22, 23, 43
N
Netware guest, VMware Tools upgrade 92
network permissions
upgrade 64
upgrading 61
networks, permissions 62
O
offline bundles 103
Oracle 41
Oracle database
changing the computer name 42
requirements 40
Oracle JDBC Driver 55
orchestrated upgrade
of hosts 67
of virtual machines 84
P
patches
apply to hosts 100
download 100
patching 102, 103
patching ESX/ESXi 104
patching hosts, with vSphere Host Update
Utility 99
permissions, networks 62
port 389 34
port 443 34
port 636 34
port 80 34
ports
443 38
80 38
configuring 34
firewall 34
ports 1025 through 65535 34
ports used by vCenter Server 34
postupgrade considerations 77
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