Upgrade ESX 3.5 to vSphere - disconnect iSCSI SAN?

[hellraiser]

Hi,

I need to upgrade a pair of Dell R710s running ESX 3.5 on an Equallogic PS4000 iSCSI SAN to vSphere, do I need to disconnect them from the SAN to do this? I'm using the software initiator, and am booting from local storage on the R710s.

Cheers

JD

CompTIA A+ Network+

vmware VCP 3

[athlon_crazy · Accepted solution]

Not necessary. Just enough to move out VMs (if you dont want downtime) and put your ESX into maintenance mode before upgrade. Don't forget to upgrade virtual center first ya!(if you have one)

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[mittim12]

I am currently finishing up some of our upgrades and you should be fine with placing the host in maintenance mode and performing the upgrade.

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[hellraiser]

Cheers guys, already got my vCenter 4 install working sweet, done a few of our standalone hosts but this is the first cluster I've upgraded

JD

CompTIA A+ Network+

vmware VCP 3