ESX 3.5 and VDI upgrade process

[k845]

I have read all of the upgrade documents and need to verify a few things before I start the process.

We are currently running:

VDI 2.0

VCenter 2.5

ESX 3.5 U4

With a 2000 SQL Database

My Steps:

Upgrade database to 2008 (Need to find a migration doc)

Upgrade VCenter

Upgrade VDI

Upgrade ESX

I am trying to do this upgrade over 3 different weekends.

Any Comments?

[AndreTheGiant]

If you do not have VC 2.5U5, I suggest to update to View before update to vSphere.

For SQL Server I do not see the 2008 version as a supported version for View Composer, so (if you plan to use it) do a simple upgrade to 2005.

To upgrade a SQL follow Microsoft documentation.

Andre

[k845]

Do you know if you can virtualize the database yet?

[AndreTheGiant]

Yes... but also in VI 3.5 the DB could be VM.

And you have vCenter and the DB on the same VM (not recomended for medium/large environment).

Andre