As I recall, we can't do that because I designed the hosts with custom partitions.
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Thomas Grissom <tgris...@gmail.com> wrote: > You should be able to upgrade vCenter and the database and then use the > update manager to automate the upgrades. I have done this 3 times now with a > good bit of success. You shouldn't have to worry as much > about reconfiguring anything on your ESX servers if you use the > functionality built into the update manager. > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:37 AM, BRIAN DICHTER <brian.dich...@d214.org>wrote: > >> Hi Thomas. >> >> My goal is of course to perform the entire upgrade in a single day with >> zero downtime. I figured it would take between a half a day to as much as an >> entire day to: backup the db, upgrade VirtualCenter and then install and >> configure vSphere (networking, HBA scans, etc.) on each of the seven >> physical hosts (Dell R170s, btw along with iSCSI EqualLogic PS6000xv >> arrays). But, scripting the deployment will save hours of time and prevent >> inevitable human errors on my part. I think scripting as much as possible is >> the way to go. Since you already have a handy script, I would definitely >> like to utilize a copy. 8) >> >> Thanks! >> >> So, have you deployed VMware View for the desktops? How are users >> accessing these desktops? >> >> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Thomas Grissom <tgris...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I'm New to the list as well and I am actually lucky enough to be the >>> administrator of 2 seperate vSphere clusters. One a 12 host cluster running >>> about 500 VMs for virtual desktops and another 3 server cluster running 60 >>> Server based VMs for production and testing. We are currently running the >>> latest version of vSphere (4.1) and are backing it with an EMC array for >>> shared fiber channel storage. >>> >>> Just a quick note on the upgrade and not having an enterprise plus >>> license (or distributed Virtual Switch). You can quickly provision a new >>> host with a script. I currently have one that adds all of our network config >>> and sets up all the port groups, there are over 20 of them, and vSwitches, >>> 4 per host. All you do is tell it what server to run on and it does the >>> rest. Let me know if you would like to have a copy of this script. >>> >>> T.C. Grissom >>> >>> >> -- >> Brian Dichter >> District Technology Systems Supervisor >> Township High School District 214 >> 2121 Goebbert Road >> Arlington Heights, IL 60005 >> brian.dich...@d214.org >> 847.718.6565 office >> 224.688.1863 mobile >> 847.718.7673 fax >> >> "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." >> -- Carl Sagan >> >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> > > > > -- > Thomas Grissom > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > -- Brian Dichter District Technology Systems Supervisor Township High School District 214 2121 Goebbert Road Arlington Heights, IL 60005 brian.dich...@d214.org 847.718.6565 office 224.688.1863 mobile 847.718.7673 fax "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." -- Carl Sagan
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