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• Is there a limit on the number of times you can upgrade an ESXi host?

  We have VMware hosts that have been updated to ESXi 4.1 5.1 using the Update Manager.  Wouldn't we be ok to update these servers ESXi 5.5 or 6.0 without having to do a fresh install and reformat?

  Thank you

  I don't know if there is a limit to how many times where you can upgrade, but the upgrade to ESXi 4.1 to 5.1 and 5.5 is supported and works (I just tested it in my lab).

  For reference, here's the relevant articles;

  VMware KB: Methods of upgrade to ESXi 5.5

  Supported upgrades to ESXi 5.5.x

  See you soon,.

  Jon

• How to check the NUMA on ESXi host node

  Dear team,

  I have cisco ucs Server Blade configuration below b - 200 m3. I want to know how to check the NUMA on ESXi host node.

  RAM: 192

  Socket 2 (8 cores).

  concerning

  Mr. VMware

  Unfortunately, it seems THAT NUMA is disabled hardware wise. You can only activate it via the BIOS setting.

• The upgrade to ESXi 4.1 with storage iSCSI software to ESXi 5.5

  I intend to upgrade ESXi 4.1 with which I have attached to ESXi 5.5 iSCSI software storage

  I've updated all my guests who were on the SAN storage with no problems.

  I would like to know that if it there's nothing I should take care before I update the host connected iSCSI to ESXi 5.5, as for the hosts with SAN attached storage I made to remove the cables of SAN before upgrading the host.

  Also, if all known problems, you will be informed during the upgrade to ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.5 with iSCSI Software storage, please let me know?

  If there is no different process to upgrade coz in ESXi 4.1 I do not see this link ports of iSCSI vmkernel ports software iSCSI but I know in ESXi5.5 we have to or I just launch a procedure of standard upgrade via the Update Manager and everything will be taken care?

  Thanks in advance

  With ESXi prior to version 5, linking ports had to be done via command line. However, if it has been configured correctly, you should be able to upgrade to ESXi 5.5 (assuming that the host has not been previously updated since version 3). BTW. the last time that I disconnected the host of storage for an upgrade has been with ESX 3.0.

  André

• Welcome to the upgrade to ESXi 4.0 to 4.1 and 4.6 of view

  
  Hello everyone, I have a question regarding the upgrade of my esxi hosts that are running a cluster View 4.6.

  Overview of my environment:

  The current 4 ESXi hosts run 4.0.0 261974.  These hosts are UCS B200 M2 blade.

  I need to add a 5th host for abilities and bought a new UCS B200 M3 blade.  The M3 blade only supports ESXi 4.1 U2 or more so I can't install the same version running on my 4 current hosts.

  My question is, what would be the best practice to get the blade M3 installed and in my environment?

  Should I install the 4.1 u2 on the M3 blade and attach it to the cluster with the 4 hosts running 4.0, and then you spend the remaining 4.0 hosts one at a time?

  or

  Can I upgrade the 4 hosts first run 4.0 to 4.1 u2 or u3 and then install and join the M3 host?

  In addition, please include any documentation useful update, or links to, that would be great!

  Thank you!

  You consider right. Do an upgrade at a time. 4.0 and 4.1 also can coexist without problem, but the ideal is to upgrade.

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/vSphere4/R41/vsp_41_upgrade_guide.PDF

  Good luck with that.

• How do I register a very old acrobat from adobe and then download the upgrade? It seems that the serial number is not consistent with the serial number required by the adobe Web site. My serial number starts with the letter instead numbers.

  How do I register a very old acrobat from adobe and then download the upgrade? It seems that the serial number is not consistent with the serial number required by the adobe Web site. My serial number starts with the letter instead numbers.

  Please see:

  Redeem your student and teacher edition purchase, convert a redemption code to a number of series and much more .

  I hope this helps.

  Concerning

  Megha Rawat

• How to upgrade an ESXi host from the command line

  Sorry for bumping an old thread. I'm new to ESXi. I'm under ESXi 5.5 build 1331820 and I am at a loss how to apply patches.

  Preferably, I would like to apply all the relevant patches through console (SSH). Can someone give me pointers how to do this? Thank you

  Moderator note (a.p.): branched to a new discussion of software patch to version 1331820?

  Welcome to the community,

  on how to patch a ESXi host from the command line, please see for example http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2008939

  Basically download you the latest hotfix package and install it using the command esxcli . That said, please make sure that your hardware is supported by the patch that you want to apply (see http://www.vmware.com/go/hcl). You can also do before installing the patch, is to do a "dry - run" to know what . VIBS are removed and which are installed by the patch. To do this add -dry - run to the esxcli command line.

  In the case where something goes wrong, you can revert to the previous state by pressing SHIFT-R , while the ESXi hosts begins the start-up.

  André

• Change the name of the logfile refelect esxi host name

  Hello

  I'm changing the name of the log file to reflect the name of each host name in listed in a file text How would I have done that?

  Thank you

  CODE

  --------

  ##Load VimAutomation PSSnapin...
  If ((Get - PSSnapin - name VMware.VimAutomation.Core - ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) - eq $null)
  {Add-PSsnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core - ErrorAction SilentlyContinue}
  
  ##Set server Mode...
  SetPowerCLIConfiguration - Multiple DefaultVIServerMode - confirm: $false

  #Get # hosts.txt file ESXi host list...
  $varHost = get-Content "S:\Get-Logs\hosts.txt".

  The cluster name #Enter...
  $Cluster = Read-Host "enter the cluster name.

  
  ##Path to clear the logs...
  $FilePath = "S:\Get-Logs\Logs\" + $Cluster + "\".

  Cluster ##Create folder...
  If ((New-Item - path $FilePath ItemType - directory - ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) - eq $null)
  {- New - path $FilePath ItemType - directory - ErrorAction SilentlyContinue}

  
  Password ##Root
  #Convert to ensure the chain...
  $varGetPassword = Read-Host "enter the ESX Root Password" - AsSecureString
  $ESXRootPassword = [Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]: PtrToStringAuto([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($varGetPassword)))
  
  ESXi hosts ##Connect
  Write-Host "" connection to the ESXi host: ', $varHost ' "»
  SE connect-VIserver $varHost - user 'root' - password $ESXRootPassword - WarningAction SilentlyContinue
  
  ##Do something useful here...
  ##------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  {foreach ($ESX to $varHost)
  
  Get - Log - VMHost (Get-VMHost-name $ESX) - Bundle - DestinationPath $FilePath
  }
  ##------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  
  ##Disconnect Esxi host
  Write-Host "" disconnect from ESXi host: ', $varHost ' "»
  Disconnect-VIServer $varHost - confirm: $false
  
  The script ##End

  End CODE

  ---------------

  The cmdlet Get - Log do not create the destination folder if it does not exist, so you will need to test for this condition.

  AFAIK, you don't need to connect to each ESXi individually when you are connected to the vCenter.

  Since the discharge of generated log file name is rather cryptic, I rename the file normally and add a timestamp.

  You could do something like that

  $clusterName = "mycluster.

  $FilePath = 'S:\Get-Logs\Logs\$($clusterName) ".

  If (!) ((Test-Path-path $FilePath)))

  {

  Novelty - ItemType Directory - Path $FilePath

  }

  $varHost = get-Cluster-name $cluserName | Get-VMHost

  {foreach ($ESX to $varHost)

  $destPath = "$($FilePath)-$($ESX.). Name.Split('.') [0])"

  If (!) ((Test-Path-path $destPath)))

  {

  Novelty - ItemType Directory - Path $destPath

  }

  $logName = get - Log - VMHost $ESX - Bundle - DestinationPath $destPath

  If ($LogName)

  {

  Rename-Item - Path $logName - NewName "$($destPath)-$($ESX.). Name.Split('.') [0])-$((Get-Date).) ToString('yyyy-MM-dd-hh-mm')).

  }

  }

• Network down frequently on a virtual machine after the upgrade of computers host and vmware to win 10

  Dear all,

  A week ago, I upgraded both my two machines VMWare Win 7 to win 10, as well as the host operating system. also from 7 to 10.

  Now once every 1 or 2 days, one or both the two vmwares aura an esclamation mark on the network status icon in the lower right corner and West no connection.

  The host operating system is NOT having any problems with the network.

  The solution is to disable and reactive the adapter to virtual machines, or repair of running Network Diagnostics where she'll tell me that it s has reinstated the connection to the bridge. But obviously I´d prefer the VM´s to be on the internet 24/7 without my intervention.

  I have another computer on the same router on which I did the same thing, but with this I m not having these problems. A different and not connected equipment via the VPN running on the host OS, which is the case with the machine that s had questions.

  But even once, the host operating system is not having issues, the two VM´s aren´t always the two to have this problem, and this never happened when he was all Win 7.

  I ve disabled some nights windows defender analysis and TCP/IP V6, but neither helped.

  Want to see some of the information from the last network diagnostics / repair or some log file, or you already know what would be the solution to my problem?

  Thanks in advance!

  Best regards

  Jazzl

  Well, I thought that a vm was having this problem a lot more often than the other, so I looked for error messages in windows journal, showing that the network problem - have to with DHCP btw - always spent 2 minutes after an event regarding slui.exe, not found on the other machine.

  What I also noticed was that the problematic vm had lost its activation of windows with the upgrade to win 10 (win 10 has limits to how much the same license can be run as virtual machines), is is not the case for the more successful one.

  Then I copied the good machine, which contains the same as the other, changed mac and uuid and now it s showing that enabled, no problem so far.

• VM starts not directly from the CDROM drive ESXi host

  Hello. I was looking for a long time another discussion for people who have had the same problem, I found it but the answers that the candidates are not useful for me. I explain my problem giving you as much information as I can.

  I have created a virtual machine in order to intall inside Windows Server 2K 3. The problem is that I can't make the start of the VM from the CD I put in the ESXi host CDROM drive. I installed ESXi 3.5 U4. For the virtual CD/DVD Drive 1 (only in the virtual machine), I chose "Host device" as the device Type.  The only option, it's for me inside this option is ' / vmfs/devices/genide / vmhba0:0:0.» The message I get in the console view is "Not found operating system"

  Storage adapters I in the ESXi host are: LSI1068E - & gt; vmhba2 where I see my RAID1 disk1. The other device is ICH10 4 port SATA IDE Controller - & gt; vmhba0 where I see the physical CDROM Drive.  I also have another device that is "USB Storage Controller" - & gt; vmhba32 where I also see the CDROM (but when I create the virtual machine does not allow me to choose this controller, vmhba32:0:0). This controller is a "SCSI" where alumni are "Block SCSI".

  I have also checked the box "connect to power on" in the settings of VM window. The CD booteable because unless I restart the ESXi host and I do boot from the CDROM it loads the Windows Setup program. Thus, the CD is OK and the CD-ROM drive is also OK.

  I don't know what to do and what to test. If I choose to boot the client machine, the virtual machine option starts ok. The problem is that I need to transfer all the contents of the CD by the network and right now I am using an ADSL connection.

  The server I have is IBM System x 3650 M2, which is compatible with ESXi 3.5 U4.

  I know I have another option is to boot from and ISO image. Here, I have a few questions. First of all, how to download the ISO to the ESXi host image? Do I have to use the RCLI? Secondly, I want to make sure that only a problem of booting from the CDROM or the problem is maybe the ESXi of CDROM drive is not recognized by ESXi, so I'll never be able to use it.

  Advanced averybody thanks.

  The discussion has been moved to the VI: forum ESXi 3.5.  It seems to be the case, but could check you that ESXi is load the IDE driver for the ICH10 controller?  This mode is the controller of the value in the BIOS?

  Dave Mishchenko

  VMware communities user moderator

• Assess the VC with ESXi hosts

  Hello

  I have a number of ESXi hosts and want to evaluate VC and all the features of business with our existing ESXi hosts.

  In the documentation for the assessment of the VC2.5, it states that once installed VC and ESX3.5 no license requirements for the first 60 days and that all VI3 functions will be available during this period.

  It does not refer to ESXi and how these hosts must be configured (license config) for use with VC and all features, Vmotion, HA, DRS etc.

  My understanding is that ESXi hosts should be configured with the database server licenses to allow them to participate in the assessment, as features such as vmotion, etc. require VC/license server bases. Obviously if I was evaluating ESX3.5 then no config would be necessary because it also allows all the features for the first 60 days. ESXi is however not evaluated and thus does not give access to the full functionality for 60 days.

  How should the environment be configured to allow the use of CR 60 days eval with ESXi hosts using all the features - vmotion, HA and DRS.

  Please can someone explain this for me?

  Even when assessing the VC, you need to install a license server is placed just in evaluation mode - this is the server licenses as dolse on DBS licenses, HA and vMotion.

  If you find this or any other answer useful please consider awarding points marking the answer correct or useful

• With the help of vicfg-cfgbackup during the upgrade to ESXi

  Hi all

  We are working on the upgrade to ESX 4.1 to 5.1 ESXi.  We do this in a scalable fashion.  Take us a host ESX 4.1 since the cluster, rebuild it from scratch with ESXi 5.1 and then place it in a cluster.  Is it possible or advisable to back up the configuration of ESX 4.1 with vicfg-cfgbackup and then restore this configuration it is upgraded to 5.1 ESXi?  We do not have Enterprise Plus license so profiles host is not an option (or at least that's my understanding).

  Thanks for your help and advice!

  I don't know that there is an 'official' answer on that, but check out http://communities.vmware.com/thread/392759 for more information.

• The upgrade to ESXi 4.0.261974 to ESXi 4.1.0 errors with "upgrade package validation failed"

  Hello

  I'm trying to upgrade a host 4, 0.x ESXi 4.1 using the vSphere host update utility WSXi. First, it downloads the patches as expected, I select the host, and select "Upgrade of home", and then I select the file "upgrade - ESXi4.0 - to-ESXi4.1.xxxxxx.zip" I downloaded. After a while, I get the message "upgrade package validation failure (not to read the metadata of upgrade file that is located in a folder temporary users where it was unzipped to)" and the update will fail. I tried with the client installed on an XP and a box of Windows 7 with the same question, and I tried a new download without any positive result. What I am doing wrong?

  Thanks for your help.

  See if that helps

  http://blog.vmpros.nl/2010/07/15/VMware-failed-to-read-the-upgrade-package-metadata-XML-upgrading-to-ESXi-4-1/#more-2953

• the upgrade to esxi 4.1 and 5.1

  Hello

  I'll be in place upgrade of a host of 4.1 to 5.1 group

  I intend to use using kickstart

  updated - firstdisk = local

  I think the installation is on local disks, but there a lot of LUN fc attached

  question is going to be be sure to use

  updated - firstdisk = local and this installation script?

  should I disconnect all the fc LUNS before installing?

  We do not want to make too many san team

  Thank you

  Since I am the SAN guys too... I always unplug the network storage ESXi when you perform an upgrade because this speed up installation and reduce to the minimum the risk of selecting a wrong option.

  But William posted some present ideas here: http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2012/04/disable-lun-during-esxi-installation.html

• The upgrade to ESXi 4.1 to 6.0

  We have a PowerEdge T300 server that is about 6 years old. It is running the free version of ESXi 4.1 out of a 4 GB flash drive that plugs directly on the motherboard. Virtual machines are stored on a RAID array (storage directly associated with).

  Is it possible to go from 4.1 to 6.0 or will I need to do a fresh install of 6.0 on my USB key? If I install 6.0 it will automatically recognize my repository of storage on DAS (RAID 5 array).

  In addition, 6.0 works even on this old of a server or should I be looking at something like 5.0?

  Thank you

  You have two problems:

  1: your hardware is not compatible with vSphere 6, according the latest version supported with VMware HCL is the vSphere, ESXi 5.1 U3:

  

  2nd: impossible to update directly from version 4.1 to version 6, take a look here on the upgrade: VMware product interoperability Matrices