Upgrade dvswitch 4.1 and dvswitch 5.0

[bnk]

I have a Virtual Center 5.0 with dvSwitch 4.1

Alle my ESX hosts are vSphere 5.0 with dvSwitch 4.1.

How do I upgrade my dvswitch 4.1 to dvSwitch 5.0?

[herseyc · Accepted solution]

In Home->Inventory->Networking select the vDS and click the Summary tab. In the general box there is a Version displayed and there will be an Upgrade link to the right of that.

Just click the upgrade link and follow the wizard.

Hope this helps.

Hersey

[bnk]

I do not have that link in my enviroment?

Is that not if you upgrade from dvSwitch 4.0 to 4.1?

[herseyc]

The process to upgrade to 5.0 is the same as upgrading from 4.0 to 4.1.

Not sure why but is it it possible that you have a host connected to the switch that has not yet been updated to 5?

If you try to create a new vDS are you given the option to create a version 5.0 distributed switch?

Hersey

[bnk]

Ahh.. you are right.

I looked in the old vSphere installation:)

When I upgrade the dvSwitch, are there then any downtime on the wm´s that are connected to the dvSwitch?

[herseyc]

Upgrading the vDS should not cause any VM downtime.

Hersey

[Brian_Wing]

How did your DVSwitch upgrade go?  Did any of your connected hosts experience any network drops?

Thanks

Brian