Installation guide

Contents

About vSphere Upgrade 5

Updated Information 7

About the Upgrade Process 9

How vSphere 5.0 Differs from vSphere 4.x 11

System Requirements 13

ESXi Hardware Requirements 13

ESXi Support for 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems 16

vCenter Server and vSphere Client Hardware Requirements 17

vCenter Server Software Requirements 20

vSphere Client and vSphere Web Client Software Requirements 21

Providing Sufficient Space for System Logging 21

Required Ports for vCenter Server 22

Required Ports for the vCenter Server Appliance 23

Conflict Between vCenter Server and IIS for Port 80 24

DNS Requirements for vSphere 24

Supported Remote Management Server Models and Minimum Firmware Versions 25

Update Manager Hardware Requirements 25

Upgrading to vCenter Server 5.0 27

Preparing for the Upgrade to vCenter Server 27

Upgrade to vCenter Server 5.0 40

Upgrade to vCenter Server on a Different Machine and Upgrade the Database 42

Upgrade the VMware vCenter Server Appliance 56

vCenter Server Upgrade Fails When Unable to Stop Tomcat Service 57

After You Upgrade vCenter Server 57

Upgrading Update Manager 69

Upgrade the Update Manager Server 69

Upgrade the Update Manager Client Plug-In 71

Upgrading and Migrating Your Hosts 73

Preparing to Upgrade Hosts 73

Performing the Upgrade or Migration 94

After You Upgrade or Migrate Hosts 138

Upgrading Virtual Machines 141

About VMware Tools 142

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