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Curley89
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‎04-27-2016 03:09 PM
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Moving hypervisor to USB instead of datastore

Currently running vSphere 5.5 which will be upgraded to 6.0 over the weekend. It is currently booting from a local datastore on the host but is it possible to move this to boot from USB or will a fresh install on the USB be required?

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BrianNorth8
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‎04-27-2016 06:06 PM
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You will need a fresh install.

But you can make a host profile before the reinstall, then install 5.5 to the usb, apply the host profile and then finally upgrade to esxi 6.

In recent times times I have started using dhcp for all my esxi hosts which makes rebuilding or deploying new very easy.  You just need a dhcp reservation and forward and reverse dns entries.  Iscsi, v motion interfaces don't need static entries.

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BrianNorth8
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‎04-27-2016 06:06 PM
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You will need a fresh install.

But you can make a host profile before the reinstall, then install 5.5 to the usb, apply the host profile and then finally upgrade to esxi 6.

In recent times times I have started using dhcp for all my esxi hosts which makes rebuilding or deploying new very easy.  You just need a dhcp reservation and forward and reverse dns entries.  Iscsi, v motion interfaces don't need static entries.