upgrade query from esxi5.5 to esxi5.5patch4

[MrVmware9423]

Dear Team,

We r planning to upgrade our esxi from esxi5.5 to esxi patch5.5 patch4.

Our L3 Team already created the baseline. Now just want to know how to proceed with the next course of action.

I'm newbie hence please help me with detailed step for upgrade, also having below queries.

Also want to know before doing this type of upgrade  compatibility check s required

In cluster if we upgrade only one host from ESXi5.5 to 5.5patch4 then will we able to perform vmotion, ha, drs ,svmotion will work?

Appreciate help and support

[Nick_Andreev]

To patch a host you need to put it in maintenance mode and then remediate using Update Manager. You may not worry about HA, DRS and VMotion. They are supported across vSphere 5 hosts of any update and patch level.

Regards,

Nick

[MrVmware9423]

Thanks Nick

Also want to know before doing this type of upgrade  compatibility check s required

In cluster if we upgrade only one host from ESXi5.5 to 5.5patch4 then will we able to perform vmotion, ha, drs ,svmotion will work?

Appreciate help and support

[a_p_]

In cluster if we upgrade only one host from ESXi5.5 to 5.5patch4 then will we able to perform vmotion, ha, drs ,svmotion will work?

Yes, no need to worry about this. Think about it, if this woudln't work, how would one be able to run an upgrade without downtime?

André

[Nick_Andreev]

In cluster if we upgrade only one host from ESXi5.5 to 5.5patch4 then will we able to perform vmotion, ha, drs ,svmotion will work?

It will work. You can even have a mix of 5.5 and 6.0 hosts under a 6.0 vCenter and still VMotion between the nodes.

[SavkoorSuhas]

Hello

Once a baseline is created and the required patch is added to this baseline, then.

Go to admin view in update manager tab for this esxi host

Right click the host and select enter maintenance mode. All the vms must be migrated off to another host.

Click attach and select only this created baseline

Click scan and the compliance status should come up as non compliant. If it comes up as incompatible then please reboot the host and scan for compliance again

Click remediate, provide a task name, keep the default values and finish the upgrade.

You can check the update verification, by seeing the updated build number above summary tab and use VMware correlating build number kb to find the build.

Suhas