ESXi 3.5 to 4, issue of... new installation or upgrade path?

Hello

I have a test ESXi 3.5 server that contains 3 VM.  It's all local storage.  I don't have a vCenter.

What is the best way to upgrade?

(1) perform a real upgrade to theVMware ESXi 4.0 (upgrade ZIP) and VMware vSphere Host Update Utility and customer.

(2) perform a clean installation of ESXi 4.

I would prefer to use (2), but first: a clean install of will wipe away the existing VMFS partition where the virtual machine of resident?

Thank you!

A new installation will wipe existing VMFS data warehouses so you'll want to take the path of upgrading.  http://www.vm-help.com/esx40i/ESXi40_upgrade_without_virtualcenter.php - Note that you should be able to get a direct download to the client vSphere instead of having to extract, upgrade the upgrade zip file.

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