1) I have a esx 3.5 host in a vCenter. I used LM manager for the license for this 3.5. Is it truth that I will not see the licensing inside the vCenter lincensing manager? If not, what do I do to see the 3.5 license in vCenter
In vCenter - in the same window where you entered your vCenter Server license - there is a input field to enter your FlexLM license server for your 3.5 hosts (syntax: 27000@yourlicenseserver.yourdomain.local)
2) my attempt to use the update manager inside vCenter to updated the 3.5 to 4.0 has failed many times. Is there any temporary temp file on the vCenter server or ESX 3.5 host that I need to remove before I try to use the update manager again? What is the reason that it fail? the error message is that my storage place maybe full or the patch is already there
Not exactly sure what causes the error. When updating make sure there's enough free space in the root file system as well as in the local VMFS datastore.
Depending on the number of hosts you have I'd recommend a fresh install, since an update does not change the partitions created with ESX 3.5. Also think of using ESXi instead of ESX.
André
