vCenter

Hii

I am unable to migrate from 4.1 to 5.0 using update manager.

please find the attached pic..

Hii All,

I am using vCenter 4.1 and tryinig to upgrade my hosts to ESXi to 5.0

Should i firstly upgrade my vCenter to ESXi 5.0 also ?.

Hello Nikheel - you're right.

You first need to upgrade your vCenter server --> followed by update manager (if used) --> vSphere client --> ESXi hosts --> and lastly VMtools & VM hardware upgrade.

Be sure to backup the vCenter & Update Manager Database. And in case you're running 32-bit windows, you will need to upgrade to 64-bit OS for installing vCenter 5. I suggest you to go through the below whitepaper atleast once prior starting the upgrade:

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMware-vSphere-50-Upgrade-Best-Practices-Technical-White-Paper.pdf

hth...feel free to get back if you have any questions..

Thanks for the help

Actually i realized this after posting it here for the help..