VMtools and ESXi 5.0 update - can I do ahead of time?

Hello

I have a host running ESXi 4.1 (build 260247) I intend to upgrade to ESXi 5.0. This server hosts a few Windows 2003 and 2008 boxes that have need for committing patches to Windows and install VMtools is also obsolete. For the moment, I think the appropriate course of action would be: -.

(1) apply Windows patches to virtual machines

(2) stop the virtual machines

(3) ESXi upgrade to v5.0

(4) to set up the virtual machines and upgrade VMtools

(5) restart the virtual machines.

This seems a bit complicated, so I want to see if it is possible to do it like this:-

(1) apply Windows patches to virtual machines (no reset)

(2) VMtools upgrade to the version provided with ESXi 5.0 (no reset)

(3) stop VMs

(4) ESXi upgrade to v5.0

(5) set up the virtual machines

This would eliminate the need to perform an additional restart for virtual machines. Is this possible?  ESXi 4.1 will work with VMtools of ESXi 5.0? I suppose also that using the Update Manager to manage the implementation to date will not erase the local VMFS containing virtual machines?

See you soon

JD

Hello

5 VMTools is fully compatible with ESXi 4 see here

However you are missing 1 step

(1) apply Windows patches to virtual machines (no reset)

(2) VMtools upgrade to the version provided with ESXi 5.0 (no reset)

(3) stop VMs

(4) ESXi upgrade to v5.0

(5) set up the virtual machines

Before set you up the virtual machines, you must upgrade the virtual hardware to ver 8 (ver 7 on vSphere 4)

Please allow points to useful/correct answers

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