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#Vmware esxi 5 to 6 upgrade install#
But i think im missing something here, even when i free install the ESXi 6.5u3 the same the FANs are on 33. As you are already performing a power down (outage), and making a substantial version jump, vmtools upgrade would be the first thing i would do to the powered on VM. Upgrading from USB from 5.5 to 6.5u3 works perfect, but the FANs are on 33, I even tried to upgrade to 6.7U2 and the same the FANs are on 33, I didnt try to update from 5.5 to 6.0 and then to 6.5. if migrating to new storage, perform a storage vmotion from old to new array once machine is up and running in new cluster.Īnd at some point during this process, you will also want to (probably) upgrade the VM hardware version, and install updated vmware tools on all the guests. on new cluster, browse datastore, register that VM, and power up into new cluster (of course you will have had to do your work around networking and such to make sure all your vlans are there. but connect the old storage to the new cluster as well)ģ. Connect datastores to both clusters (if you have new storage for the new cluster that's fine too. my home license is for the free version 6.0. the windows vSphere exe app is no longer available for esxi 6.5 is it we now will enter a web address to esxi host 4). Working under that assumption, I would agree with the first answer.ġ. can i upgrade straight to the 6.5.0.update02, say versus updating to 4106 first then update again to 6.5.0.update02 version 3). Well unless you have a match of processor archeticture between the clusters (highly unlikely), then you are going to have to power down the VM to achieve the movement from one cluster to the other.