Upgrade vcenter 4.0 to 4.1?

[trink408]

Looking for information on doing this upgrade, any known issues/glitches to be aware of?

Can I do an in place upgrade from 4.0 to 4.1?

Will I be able to just point 4.1 to the existing SQL database server after the upgrade?

Will I still be able to manage my esx4.0 hosts with vcenter 4.1? 

Any information or links to documentation would be helpful.

Thanks

Kevin

[Maximenu]

Hello Kevin, I´ll response in your mail.

Looking for information on doing this upgrade, any known issues/glitches to be aware of? Not

Can I do an in place upgrade from 4.0 to 4.1? Virtualcenter unisntall your previously VC and then install the new versión.

Will I be able to just point 4.1 to the existing SQL database server after the upgrade?  Your SQL database will be updated with the new data or if you want...reinizialized

Will I still be able to manage my esx4.0 hosts with vcenter 4.1?  Yes of course

Any information or links to documentation would be helpful.

Thanks

Kevin

[trink408]

Thanks for the response.

Does it matter if my SQL database server is 32 bit? I noticed vcenter 4.1 now requires the use of a 64 bit odbc driver instead of the 32 bit I was using on 4.0. I am running vcenter server on a 64 bit OS..

Thanks

[Troy_Clavell]

check below for compatible SQL DB Servers

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_compatibility_matrix.pdf

[VirtualSingh]

If you are running SQL on seprate machine, then I think does not matter. Both SQL 32 bit and 64 bit supported by 4.1

If existing 32 ODBC does not support, it wont allow you to connect or install, I think! ...If nothing then simply create 64 but DSN

Good Luck....I hope this helps.

[trink408]

Thanks, reading some vmware documentation I believe I can just create a new 64-bit DSN for 4.1 since 4.0 had to run on 32 bit.

Otherwise it sounds like a pretty straight-forward upgrade.

Kevin

[trink408]

Would it make more sense to go right to 4.1 update 1 instead of 4.1?

Thanks

Kevin

[sbentrup]

I took a customer through this.  Can check out info here.

http://www.itbraindump.com/2011/05/23/update-vmware-esx-and-vcenter-from-4-0-to-4-1/