Hi.
I have 2 full enterprise Vmware Server farms each with 2 ESX hosts. I am looking to upgrade each farm to Update 5 so they will be better prepared for Vsphere upgrade in a month or so.
Info : esx server summary - build 199239 ( latest updates applied via UM) Across all farms this is the latest build
My questions are:
1 - Given that Update Manager(UM) scans no more required patches can I proceed with upgrading the VCenter using the ISO as I have in the past?
2 - There is no reason to burn any CD's and cold boot an ESX server to raise it's level to UPDATE 5, correct? Update manager handles this right? ( since my upgrade is minor not MAJOR ? ) correct?
3 - Do I have to push new vmware tools?
I've checked all my previous notes when I went from U2-U3 and then U3-U4 and all I've ever ran is the " VMware-VIMSetup-2.5.0-U5-English.iso or VMware-VIMSetup-2.5.0-U5-English.zip "
That's it. I run on NFS so I don't need to worry about either farm needing a datastore upgrade. All my ESX's are up to date so do you guys think my plan is ok to just run the update on my 2 VC'S independantly?