VMware ESX 4.0 - UPGRADE GUIDE UPDATE 1 Update Manual page 115

80 40
configuring 36
firewall 36
ports 1025 through 65535 36
ports used by vCenter Server 36
postupgrade considerations 83
postupgrade considerations for vCenter
Server 59
preupgrade check tool, for vCenter Agent 45
privileges, datastores 66
process for upgrading 15–17
ProxyServer 107
R
RemoteDepot 107
required partitions 86
requirements for virtual machines 36
requirements for vSphere Client 36
restore ESX 88
restoring the ESXi configuration 88
restoring VirtualCenter 2.x 63
rollback-to-esx3 command 85, 87
rolling back an ESX upgrade 85, 87
rolling back an ESX/ESXi upgrade 87
rolling back an ESXi update 88, 108
rpm installer 94
RSA 38
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SAS disks 32, 33
SATA disks 29, 32, 33
scan hosts 107
scenarios 15, 39, 90
schema changes 49
SCSI 29, 32, 33
SCSI disks 29
services, VMware Tools 89, 90
Solaris guest, VMware Tools upgrade 97
specifications
ESXi hardware requirements 32, 33
performance recommendations 31–33
SQL Server, changing the computer name 44
SSL certificates 24, 56, 59
static IP addresses 73
supported upgrades, ESX 76
swap partition 86
system requirements
updates 72, 106
vCenter Server database 42
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tar installer 96
VMware, Inc.
TCP/IP 40
technical support 9
U
uninstall update 111
uninstalling, the license server 86
Update Manager 11, 72, 73
updates
apply to hosts 107
best practices 105
download 106
system requirements 72, 106
uninstall 111
upgrade
changes in this release 11
in place 16, 17
migration 18, 20, 22, 23
of hosts 73
process 15–17
virtual machines 90
VMware Tools 89, 90
upgrade for datastores 12
upgrade on new hardware, vCenter Server 43
upgrade scenarios 15, 39, 90
upgrade support for ESX 76
upgrade the database 51
upgrade virtual hardware 101
upgrade VMotion 20
upgrade VMware Tools, automatic 99
upgrade VMware Tools, Linux (on X) 93
upgrade VMware Tools, Linux (rpm installer) 94
upgrade VMware Tools, Linux (tar installer) 96
upgrade VMware Tools, Microsoft Windows 92
upgrade VMware Tools, Netware 98
upgrade VMware Tools, Solaris 97
upgrades, best practices 105
upgrading
datastore permissions 65
ESX 79
ESX 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 77
ESXi 81
licensing 13
network permissions 65
stage 1 39, 47
stage 4 90
support 76
to vCenter Server 49
vCenter Server 39
vCenter Server database 40
vCenter Server on a different machine 53
virtual machines 12
vSphere Client 39
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