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    <title>topic Re: Upgrade ESXi 4.0 to 5.0 in vSphere Upgrade &amp; Install Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Upgrade-ESXi-4-0-to-5-0/m-p/377264#M3150</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Welcome to the Community,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;please don't mind me if I don't answer each question separately. Maybe one or the other question may not be relevant anymore for you after reading my response.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;In order to use Update Manager, you need to purchase vCenter Server as well as CPU licenses for all your hosts. vCenter Server/Update Manager cannot manage the free Hypervisor edition.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Unless the hosts have previously been upgraded from version 3 you can simply upgrade them interactively using the ESXi 5.0 installation CD. Just make sure the hardware is supported before upgrading, because there's no way back except for a reinstallation. Although the upgrade to ESXi offers an upgrade with preserving the VMFS datastore, I recommend you have an up-to-date backup in place!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Once the hosts are updated, you can go ahead and update VMware Tools and the virtual hardware version for the guests as well as the VMFS version for the datastore(s).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;André&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>a_p_</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2012-10-04T17:07:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Upgrade ESXi 4.0 to 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Upgrade-ESXi-4-0-to-5-0/m-p/377263#M3149</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;First of all part I: right topic?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hy,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;First of all part II: i'm new to VMware... be ready to explain basics... (i just learned by using and now need some more general information about the update process... to understand what the idea is)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I&amp;nbsp; have 2 physical Servers. One with ESXi 4.0 and one with ESXi&amp;nbsp; 4.1. On&amp;nbsp; these ESXi systems i run a total of 10 Servers. To manage them&amp;nbsp; and alle&amp;nbsp; the servers on them i use two seperate vSphere-Clients.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Now i want to upgrade to ESXi 5.0 and i dont know which way i should choose...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The&amp;nbsp; easiest way seemes to be the update manager for&amp;nbsp; vCenter. But i dont&amp;nbsp; have a vCenter. The first question is: should i buy&amp;nbsp; one just save some&amp;nbsp; time on upgrading my virtual "sphere"....? (Q1) Is&amp;nbsp; there an update&amp;nbsp; manager for vSphere-Client? (Q2)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;What are the other options? (Q3) if i have no vCenter i have to do this with the commandline? (Q4)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you would recommend to buy a vCenter i have some more questions:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;- vCenter cannot run on the ESXi that should be updated.... right? (bacause it cannot update it's own ESXi host) (Q5)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;- i can run vCenter from an normal Dektop-PC (not as VM)... right? (Q6)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Some more Questions about the update process:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We&amp;nbsp; have always a ESXi Host with some Servers on it... So we have&amp;nbsp; to&amp;nbsp; update ESXi aswell as all servers that are running on it.. (moreover&amp;nbsp; we&amp;nbsp; need to update vCenter or vSphere-Client)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Here is how I would do it or how i understood the process: (with vCenter)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1) Install vCenter 5.1 (which is compatible with 4.x and 5.x) on an Dektop-PC &amp;amp; connect to my ESXi 4.0&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2) Install Update Manager to my vCenter...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3) make updates ready for ESXi with UpdateManager&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;4) make updates ready for all VM's with UpdateManager&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;4) Start the Updates&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Are these statements correct?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;- i can update my ESXi and my VM's automaticly when i use and correctly setup the Update Manager (Q7)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;-&amp;nbsp; the UpdateManager can automaticly roll back when an update&amp;nbsp; fails? (but&amp;nbsp; what when the ESXi Update was ok but some of the VM's could&amp;nbsp; not be&amp;nbsp; updatet? ) (Q8)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Or....Would you recommend to seperatly update?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;- copy all VM's to a new location&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;- convert the VM's there to 5.0&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;-&amp;nbsp; update ESXi to 5.0 and bind the new datastore (where all 5.0&amp;nbsp; VM's are)&amp;nbsp; and then test the 5.0 VM's on the new ESXi 5.0... if ok delete&amp;nbsp; old 4.0&amp;nbsp; Datastore (and if desired move the 5.0VM's back to the old&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Datastore).. if NOK reinstall ESXi 4.0 and bind old datastore where all&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 4.0 VM's are...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you like you can use the "Qx" caption behind the question to answer to a specific Question...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks alot in advance for your help!!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:03:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Upgrade-ESXi-4-0-to-5-0/m-p/377263#M3149</guid>
      <dc:creator>the_xploit</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-10-04T16:03:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Upgrade ESXi 4.0 to 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Upgrade-ESXi-4-0-to-5-0/m-p/377264#M3150</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Welcome to the Community,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;please don't mind me if I don't answer each question separately. Maybe one or the other question may not be relevant anymore for you after reading my response.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;In order to use Update Manager, you need to purchase vCenter Server as well as CPU licenses for all your hosts. vCenter Server/Update Manager cannot manage the free Hypervisor edition.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Unless the hosts have previously been upgraded from version 3 you can simply upgrade them interactively using the ESXi 5.0 installation CD. Just make sure the hardware is supported before upgrading, because there's no way back except for a reinstallation. Although the upgrade to ESXi offers an upgrade with preserving the VMFS datastore, I recommend you have an up-to-date backup in place!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Once the hosts are updated, you can go ahead and update VMware Tools and the virtual hardware version for the guests as well as the VMFS version for the datastore(s).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;André&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Upgrade-ESXi-4-0-to-5-0/m-p/377264#M3150</guid>
      <dc:creator>a_p_</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-10-04T17:07:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Upgrade ESXi 4.0 to 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Upgrade-ESXi-4-0-to-5-0/m-p/377265#M3151</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks alot for your explanations André! I think i almost got it...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE ESXi:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;..so i can easily upgrade my ESXi with the installation CD... good! I'm happy with that!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I read that a VM with virtual hardware 4 can run on ESXi 5... So i can switch off my VM's, upgrade my ESXi with the CD (preserving the datastore) and switch my VM's back on... -&amp;gt; i can seperatly upgrade my ESXi without any dependencies.. right?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE VM's:&lt;/STRONG&gt; (after upgrading my ESXi)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To upgrade a VM i need to upgrade VMwareTools and the virtual hardware.. I know how to upgrade VMwareTools but how can i upgrade the virtual hardware? with the CD!? (-&amp;gt; i just have vSphere Client)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE VMFS Datastore:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Are there any compatibility issues?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can i move a VM v.4.0 to a datatstore that was created with ESXi 5.0? (If I overwrite my old datastore and want to move a backup-ed VM v4 to the new datastore)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is a VM v7/8 (virtual Hardware goes from v4 to v7 or v8 right?) compatible with VMFS 4? (if i'm preserving my datastore (v4) and want to upgrade the VM's virtual hardware to v7/8)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is it recommended to upgrade the datastore? (-&amp;gt; datatstore: preserving or overwrite?)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE (general):&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;In which order should i upgrade? (ESXi, VM, VMFS datastore...)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;my new update plan:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1) switch off all VM's and create a backup&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2) update ESXi and overwrite datastore&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3) copy VM's to new datastore&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;4) update the VM's&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;a good plan?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;LICENSING:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm really confused with the whole licensing stuff...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;At the moment we dont need to pay for VMware licenses (because we only have 2 CPU's with 4 cores each and 32GB RAM....at least i think thats the reason). When i get this right we have just the "hypervisor".. in other words we only have ESXi (v.4).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My question:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is the ESXi 5.0 also available for free?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;When _what_ changes i need to buy licenses? If RAM exeeds 32GB? (I knwo that i get some extra stuff like "vCenter" with the "vSphere Essentials Kit" but are there any other reasons why i should license my ESXi?)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;one more thing: Is the free ESXi different from the other ESXi versions? There is a rumor that the free ESXi is not compatible with the vCenter... is that right? So if i buy just the vCenter later i cannot use my existing ESXi installation? (or does this compatibility just depend on the licence key? which can be changed after the installation?)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;BACKUP:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;How should i backup my machines? What is best practice here? (just want to know if i should look for a script based solution or just simple snapshots...)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any help or hint is greatly appreciated!!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;best regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you like.....copy this to your answer and it gets easier for all of us:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE ESXi:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE VM's:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE VMFS Datastore:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE (general):&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;LICENSING:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;BACKUP:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:49:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Upgrade-ESXi-4-0-to-5-0/m-p/377265#M3151</guid>
      <dc:creator>the_xploit</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-10-11T11:49:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Upgrade ESXi 4.0 to 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Upgrade-ESXi-4-0-to-5-0/m-p/377266#M3152</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE ESXi:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You can upgrade to 5.x with preserving the VMFS datastores using the CD if the ESX(i) host has not been upgraded from 3.5 previously. Also make sure you check the hardware compatibility (and BIOS version) before upgrading.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE VM's:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To upgrade the hardware version (or compatibility mode) you need to power off the VM, then right click it in the inventory and upgrade the hardware. With vSphere 5.1 and the Web Client (only available in paid editions with vCenter Server), you can also schedule the hardware upgrade for the next reboot of the VM.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE VMFS Datastore:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;There are several hardware version 4 , 7, 8, 9 (see &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003746"&gt;http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003746&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;). ESXi 5.0 is compatible to 4, 7, 8 and ESXi 5.1 is compatible to 4, 7, 8, 9. Regarding the VMFS file system ther is VMFS3 and VMFS5, where VMFS5 is only accessible by ESXi 5.x.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Even though you may not notice any performance differences in a small environment, I'd suggest you upgrade to VMFS5 anyway to be able to create VM's with up to ~2TB virtual disks with the new unified 1MB block size.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Upgrading from VMFS3 to VMFS5 is just a click on a link and can be done without downtime for the VMs, so I would upgrade preserving the VMFS datastores to avoid unnecessary work.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE (general):&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;a good plan? -&amp;gt; To be honest: Not really in my opinion.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1) switch off all VM's and create a backup --&amp;gt; Always a good idea!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2) update ESXi and overwrite datastore --&amp;gt; I would NOT overwrite it (see previous topic)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3) copy VM's to new datastore --&amp;gt; no need to do this if you don't overwrite the datastores&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;4) update the VM's --&amp;gt; Yes.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;LICENSING:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;There is a free edition (the same binaries as the paid editions, just a different license key) which - in ESXi 5.1 - is only limited by the 32GB physical RAM per host.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you want to manage hosts in vCenter they need to be licensed properly. The Essentials Kits come with an instance of vCenter Server and 6 CPU licenses for up to 3 hosts with 2 CPUs each (no more core limits).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;One of the benefits of having a licensed edition is the ability to use commercial image based backup applications like vRanger, Veeam, ...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;BACKUP:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;How you backup a VM depends on it's workload. Most virtual machines can easily be backed up image based. Other's may require traditional agent based backup methods. If you look at backup applications, make sure you also look at their restore capabilities!!!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Snapshots are NO backups!! They may be used temporarily in case of e.g. critical updates to be able to revert if necessary. Never use them as backup.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;André&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:44:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>a_p_</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-10-11T17:44:52Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Upgrade ESXi 4.0 to 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Upgrade-ESXi-4-0-to-5-0/m-p/377267#M3153</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;Hy André&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;Thanks alot again for your detailed explenations!!!!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE ESXi:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You can upgrade to 5.x with&amp;nbsp; preserving the VMFS datastores using the CD if the ESX(i) host has not&amp;nbsp; been upgraded from 3.5 previously. Also make sure you check the hardware&amp;nbsp; compatibility (and BIOS version) before upgrading.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;I have a ESXi 4.0. So it is already upgraded from 3.5... This means i have to overwrite my datastore anyway? -&amp;gt; i cannot preserving the datastore from my ESXi 4.0? I'm not sure if we upgraded the datastore when we upgraded from 3.5 to 4.0... so mybe i can preserving my datastore becaus it is not a real 4.0 Datastore..(you know what i mean?)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;Or is this a missunderstanding and you're talking about the Datastore version? -&amp;gt; datastore version 3.5!?&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE VM's:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To&amp;nbsp; upgrade the hardware version (or compatibility mode) you need to power&amp;nbsp; off the VM, then right click it in the inventory and upgrade the&amp;nbsp; hardware. With vSphere 5.1 and the Web Client (only available in paid&amp;nbsp; editions with vCenter Server), you can also schedule the hardware&amp;nbsp; upgrade for the next reboot of the VM.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;I cannot find any entry in the righclick-menu that would help me.. See the attached file. What i can do with rightclick is upgrading VMwareTools... but this is not the same right?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE VMFS Datastore:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;clear! Thx!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE (general):&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;The new plan:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;- shutdown all VM's and back them up&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;- Upgrade ESXi with CD and preserving the datastore if possible&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;- on success: (means the VM's can run on new ESXi) upgrade the datastore&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;- upgrade virtual Hardware and VMwareTools...&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;...better?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;LICENSING:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;clear! thx!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;BACKUP:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;clear! thx!... life is good with André&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;img id="smileyhappy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" src="https://communities.vmware.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.png" alt="Smiley Happy" title="Smiley Happy" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;So good to have you!! You really helping me out here!!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;Best regards&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:56:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Upgrade-ESXi-4-0-to-5-0/m-p/377267#M3153</guid>
      <dc:creator>the_xploit</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-10-18T15:56:54Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Upgrade ESXi 4.0 to 5.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Upgrade-ESXi-4-0-to-5-0/m-p/377268#M3154</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE ESXi:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I checked the documentation again and it actually looks like is possible to upgrade a host which was previously installed with ESXi 3.5 by upgrading to ESXi 4 and then to ESXi 5. I never did this though, because in all cases the old hardware was not supported for the latest ESXi version.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Anyway, the issue is not related to the VMFS version, but rather to the partition layout. ESXi 3.5 created 2 bootbank partitions with 48GB each and with ESXi 4/5 this partition size has to be 250GB.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'd say try the interactive CD upgrade, but make sure you have an up-to-date backup of your VMs.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE VM's:&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The option to upgrade the virtual hardware will only show up for VMs with older hardware versions. If you want to see how this looks like, create a dummy VM with HW version 4 by selecting "custom" in the installation wizard.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UPGRADE (general):&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Except for the order of upgrading tools and HW version this sounds ok. First upgrade the tools to ensure the VM has the required drivers for the upgraded hardware.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;André&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:23:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Upgrade-ESXi-4-0-to-5-0/m-p/377268#M3154</guid>
      <dc:creator>a_p_</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2012-10-18T17:23:10Z</dc:date>
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