Where to get upgrade release bundle for 3.5 to 4.1

[GreyhoundHH]

Hi,

I'm planning to upgrade my ESX 3.5 hosts to 4.1 using the Update Manager. According to the vSphere Upgrade Guide this is upported. As far as I know, I will have to add the upgrade bundle manually to my Update Manage. But I can't find this bundle anywhere. When I access the download pages for ESX 4.1, I can only download this:

ESX 4.1 (upgrade ZIP from ESX 4.0)*

Use this package with vCenter Update Manager or with vihostupdate vCLI or esxupdate command line to upgrade ESX from ESX 4.0 to ESX 4.1.

Can anyone tell me where I can get the correct upgrade bundle?

Thanks and kind regards

[AntonVZhbankov]

You can use ESX4.1 installation ISO to upgrade from 3.5

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[VTsukanov]

Take a look at Upgrading ESX 4.0 to ESX 4.1

You can in first step to upgrade from 3.5 to 4.0, a second from 4.0 to 4.1.

I updated the ESX 3.5 through esxupgrade.sh + ISO, but i don't sure that this is best way

[GreyhoundHH]

I know that I can use the 4.1 ISO for an upgrade. But I can't use this for the upgrade with the Update Manager, right?

There's no way to do the upgrade in jus one step using the Update Manager? I just thought so. I will give it a try to do the upgrade in two steps and evaluate if this is better than using the iso to do an upgrade without the UM,

[VTsukanov]

But I can't use this for the upgrade with the Update Manager, right?

Yes

There's no way to do the upgrade in jus one step using the Update Manager?

Yes

I will give it a try to do the upgrade in two steps and evaluate if this is better than using the iso to do an upgrade without the UM,

Yes, In addition I suggest to move all vm from local storage to other hosts/remote storage

[AntonVZhbankov]

>But I can't use this for the upgrade with the Update Manager, right?

Wrong. You can use it with UM.

>There's no way to do the upgrade in jus one step using the Update Manager?

Why? 3.5 -> 4.1 can be performed without intermediate 4.0.

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[AntonVZhbankov]

Valeriy, take a look at Upgrade Guide. Do you see any mentions of 4.0 here?

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[VTsukanov]

Anton

Yes you are right, vSphere Upgrade Guide offers a direct way to upgrade from ESX3.5 to 4.1 based on ESX 4.1 iso file.