How to ugrade VM? Can someone please tell the detailed steps? If it is through update manager, please tell the detailed steps.
How to upgrade VM without using update manager?
Thanks,
Prashant
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You mean upgraing Virtual hardware version on a VM
Which version of host and vCenter are you running?
1. You need to update the vmare tool of the VM, whenever a esxi host is updated with latest version and you need to upgrade the virtual machine hardware when ever you upgrade the esxi host.
refer the below KB for more information on how to upgrade the hardware version of virtual machine
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1010675
Hi,
You can upgrade the hardware version of virtual machines to the latest version of ESXi in use. For virtual machines that are running on ESXi 5.x, VMware recommends that you upgrade the virtual hardware to version 8.
When upgrading virtual hardware, consider these points:
Before you upgrade the virtual hardware:
Above process is refferable from http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=101067...
Yes i asked about how to upgrade hardware version on a VM., got the answer from other guy., Thank You.
-Prashant
I have simplified those steps:
To upgrade the virtual hardware of a single virtual machine:
If the above is through update manager., how can we do it without updare manager.
Thanks,
Prashant
Prashant wrote:
To upgrade the virtual hardware of a single virtual machine:
- Log in to the VCenter Server.
- Power off the virtual machine.
- Right-click the virtual machine and select the menu option to upgrade virtual hardware.
- The option is ‘Upgrade Virtual Hardware’
- Power on the VM.
- Reboot the guest operating system for the changes to take effect.
If the above is through update manager., how can we do it without update manager.
The above steps are in fact without Update Manager.
ohh., okay., then could you please tell me how to do with update manager.
Thanks,
Prashant
Prashant wrote:
ohh., okay., then could you please tell me how to do with update manager.
The Update Manager is extra product you have to install and configure before use. Have you done the install and setup the system to work with vCenter server?
Yes., we have the vcenter setup ready., what is the difference between these two types of updates.
Thanks,
Prashant
Prashant wrote:
Yes., we have the vcenter setup ready., what is the difference between these two types of updates.
You would have to also install the Update Manager software (also on the vCenter CD) and configure it.
With Update Manager you could use centralized patching of ESXi hosts and also upgrade VMware tools on VMs as well as upgrading the virtual hardware versions.
After we install the update manager software on V.C, can someone please tell the steps to upgrade the virtual hardware and vmware tools.
Thanks,
Prashant
from vCenter, o to Home--Update Manager
there are built in VMware Tools and virtual hardware baselines. These baselines get attached to the "blue" folder in the Inventory view "VMs and Templates"
All guests in the blue folder where you set the baseline, will get the update
For more information see, http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-update-manager-501-install-adm...