This could be a good opportunity to go to VMware’s new license portal and upgrade your license from vCenter Server 4 to 5.ġ. You should be presented with an Installation Completed screen.
Select “use SYSTEM Account” and fill in / double-check the “Fully Qualified Domain Name” has the vSphere Server name i.e. Very Important! (always have a backup in place).Ħ. Select “upgrade existing vCenter Server database” also tick the box that you have taken a backup of the database and SSL settings. On the next screen you will see a database upgrade warning message as we have an existing older version (4.1) installed. Select “OK” as we will upgrade this later.ĥ. As we have VMware vSphere Update Manager installed it will warn you that the current module will not be compatible. Highlight “vCenter Server” and select “Install”ģ. Remote onto your vCenter 4.1 server and if auto play is enabled you will be presented with the below VMware vCenter Installer screen. Alternatively you can download the extractable file and run on the virtual Center server.Ģ. Select “Connected” and “Connect at power on”. Highlight the CD/DVD drive and select “Datastore ISO File” on the right. Right click on your virtual center server and select edit settings. We have a dedicated datastore we use for ISO’s & Templates. Go to VMware’s website, login with your account and download the.
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Our Recovery site (DR) had to have the hardware upgraded so this was a good opportunity to do a fresh install off ESXi 5.0 (covered in a separate post).įirstly you need to upgrade the VMware vCenter Server 4.1 to 5.0ġ. – Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 4.1 to 5.0 (noticed most improvement – separate post) So things could only get better right? Indeed!īelow I will outline brief steps of how we upgraded our environment.
So it was time to upgrade to ESXi 5.0, the acclaimed most advanced, thinnest virtualization hypervisor by VMware. Our current VMware ESXi 4.1 platform has been running solid without any major hiccups.
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