[virtualize] Re: ESX 2.5 Upgrade
- From: "David M. Bieneman" <dbieneman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <virtualize@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:28:35 -0600
Congrats George. This .TGZ download / upgrade from the COS works
PERFECT too. You can do these remote with no problems.
Yes as for the booting to Linux... - The answer I believe (although not
really important I guess) is the VMkernel could not completely unload
because you (might) share an HBA with the console OS most likely.
The Console OS VMID 127 is considered a VM as well. But I think this
only happens when you share the HBA with the COS.
I just like to talk about VMware I guess ;-)
David
esxRanger, HOT backup for VMware ESX Servers
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-----Original Message-----
From: virtualize-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:virtualize-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Yobst
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 11:27 AM
To: virtualize@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [virtualize] Re: ESX 2.5 Upgrade
Thanks David,
The update went very smooth, I must say.
I then updated to 2.5 patch 1, and the only small glitch there
was that I had to boot into Linux instead of ESX because that
upgrade thought I had some clients running (not). No probs,
no config changes, and it was all over in less that 1/2 hour for both.
-George
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:52:05 -0600, David M. Bieneman
<dbieneman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello George.
>
> I'm happy to say I have upgraded 10 or so of them from 2.1 to 2.5 with
> no major issues.
>
> Just watch out for the Network Connections as you will / may have to
> reset up the Virtual Switches. Even after doing so may of them I
forget
> if it was 2.1 or 2.0 that I had to do this on. You will want to use
the
> same name so you do not have to rework your .CFG/.VMX files. Sorry -
> that's probably class book 101. ;-)
>
> Also, you will have to upgrade up VMtools on the VM's. So make sure
you
> know the IP's of the machines in case they switch back to DHCP when
> upgrading the vmxnet drivers.
>
> If you use a SAN, disconnect the ESX Server from the SAN prior to the
> upgrade.
>
> You may have to recreate the VMKernel Swap file and activate it after
> the upgrade. I had to 50% of the time if I remember correctly.
>
> Personally, I've been really impressed with VMware ESX Server 1.x and
> 2.x upgrades.
>
> Warm Regards,
> David
>
> esxRanger, HOT backup for VMware ESX Servers
> http://www.vizioncore.com
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualize-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:virtualize-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Yobst
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 5:38 PM
> To: virtualize@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [virtualize] ESX 2.5 Upgrade
>
> I'm going to upgrade from 2.1 to 2.5 and don't
> have a development server to try this on. Has
> anybody had problems doing this from the CD?
> -George
>
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