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Hy André


Thanks alot again for your detailed explenations!!!!

UPGRADE ESXi:

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.

I have a ESXi 4.0. So it is already upgraded from 3.5... This means i have to overwrite my datastore anyway? -> 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?)

Or is this a missunderstanding and you're talking about the Datastore version? -> datastore version 3.5!?


UPGRADE VM's:

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.

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?

UPGRADE VMFS Datastore:

clear! Thx!


UPGRADE (general):

The new plan:

- shutdown all VM's and back them up

- Upgrade ESXi with CD and preserving the datastore if possible

- on success: (means the VM's can run on new ESXi) upgrade the datastore

- upgrade virtual Hardware and VMwareTools...

...better?


LICENSING:

clear! thx!

BACKUP:

clear! thx!... life is good with André Smiley Happy


So good to have you!! You really helping me out here!!


Best regards

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