Tag: Upgrade

Updating Hosts with vSphere Update Manager 6.5

As we already know, Update Manager is the VMware product that will keep the vSphere virtual infrastructure fully up to date. With UM we will be able to update the patches or versioning of ESXi hosts in a centralized and fully manageable way, as well as Virtual Machines or Virtual Appliances! We will see as an example how to update a host of the version 6.0 from ESXi to the 6.5 Update 1, for this, without moving from the chair, we will upload an ESXi image to Update Manager and install it to the hosts that need it!

Upgrade to ESXi 6.5 and pre-upgrade checklist

In this document we will be able to follow the steps that will allow us to update our ESXi host to the latest version, the 6.5. See 3 Upgrade Options, A first, Surely the most used by everyone, which is through a package that allows us to update offline, by command line in the fastest way; a second way that is similar to the previous one but online, downloading the updater directly from the VMware website and finally the traditional, The simplest, which is via CD, USB or iLO!

Upgrade de host VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 a 6.0

In this document, we'll look at an easy way to upgrade a VMware ESXi host to the new version 6, We will upgrade the host in-place, First with the local media (DVD/USB) and graphic installation, then using CLI remotely with the depot file and we will finalize the document seeing how to revert the update if necessary!

Migrate from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013

In this document we will be able to see all the requirements and steps that we must take to proceed with migrating a Microsoft Exchange environment 2010 to Exchange Server 2013. We must bear in mind that it is a long process and especially depending on the number of servers as well as mailboxes we have or their sizes, It will be a migration that will not require a service stop at any time.

VMware Mirage – Migrating from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1

One of the many new features that the version brought 5 VMware Mirage was Windows support 8 and Windows 8.1 as a centralizing desktop and at the same time gives us the possibility to migrate Windows systems 7 to Windows 8/8.1 in a very simple and very fast way. In this document we will see how to deploy a corporate OS layer with Windows 8.1 to a Windows 7 and upgrade your system while maintaining your user data layer!

Upgrade ESXi hosts to 5.5 with Update Manager

Continuing to upgrade your environment to vSphere 5.5 with Update Manager, after upgrading vCenter Server and other components, the next step will be the upgrade of the ESXi hosts to the version 5.5. As we saw in a previous document, we can also perform the update manually. We will be able to directly migrate the ESX 4.x to ESXi 5.5 or upgrade the ESXi 4.x or 5.x directly.

Upgrade a vCenter 5.5 and vSphere Update Manager 5.5

Well, Another way to upgrade to the vSphere version 5.5 will be to upgrade our vCenter Server (Windows-based), later we will update Update Manager and with it the hosts in an orderly way (to put an end to VMTools in virtual machines and raise vHD if interested). This is usually found in somewhat more complex environments, where neither vCSA nor update management is used.