Upgradation of ESX Server from 3.0.2 to 3.5

Upgradation of ESX Server from 3.0.2 to 3.5

Hello Everybody,

Presently we are running ESX server having version 3.0.2. planning to upgrade the ESX server from 3.0.2 to 3.5. Could anybody of us let us know what are the steps need to be taken care before upgrading and how to gohead with the upgrade proceedure.

Thanks in Advance

Raghu

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Here is a link to VMware's upgrade that has the steps for a successful upgrade -

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I have successful upgrade variuos ESX from 3.0.2 to 3.5 Update 2

You need to install a patch ( see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003525 ) before proceed with the upgrade.

If you have only local datastore do a backup of virtual machines first.

If yours datastores are on a SAN you don't need to backup them.

All is you need is to boot from cd and select upgrade rather than New Installation.

Best thing to do if possible is perform clean installs!

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