On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Damien Solodow <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know of any ESX lists like this one unfortunately.
Shoot. :-( > You are on the right track for the upgrade process, but it may be even > simpler then you are thinking. Simple is good. I like simple. :-) > First, upgrade vCenter like you're thinking. It's perfectly ok to have a > newer vCenter managing older ESX hosts. I would suggest making a backup > of the vcenter database first just in case. Ah, good. Yes, I have a scheduled SQL SQL Agent job that makes a flat file copy of the database, which I back up every night. > After vcenter is upgraded, you can use VMware Update Manager to apply > Update 5 to the hosts. Hmm ... VMware Update Manager. Never heard of it. :-) Something more to go look up. Thanks for the hint. > When you tell VUM to apply the upgrade, it will > automatically put the host in maintenance mode (which because it's a DRS > cluster will migrate off the guests). It will then apply the upgrade and > reboot the host. Once it comes back up and re-establishes communication > with vCenter it will be taken out of maintenance mode. Sounds like my kind of plan! :-) Thanks so much. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
