Albert Widjaja
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Upgrading HP Blades ESXi steps ?
Hi Folks,
Before Upgrading the Blade Infrastructure, I wonder what should I do first ?
1. Is there any special steps to do before upgrading the Blade servers ?
2. Do I need to install the HP Offline Bundle for upgrading my ESXi 4.1 running on my current HP Blades BL 490 G7 ? hp-esxi5.0uX-bundle-1.4.5- 3.zip
I have used the HP customized ESXi 5.1u1 to upgrade HP DL 380 series servers but not too sure what should I do with the HP Blade servers ?
Before Upgrading the Blade Infrastructure, I wonder what should I do first ?
1. Is there any special steps to do before upgrading the Blade servers ?
2. Do I need to install the HP Offline Bundle for upgrading my ESXi 4.1 running on my current HP Blades BL 490 G7 ? hp-esxi5.0uX-bundle-1.4.5-
I have used the HP customized ESXi 5.1u1 to upgrade HP DL 380 series servers but not too sure what should I do with the HP Blade servers ?
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Thanks CoolSport,
**THIS IS JUST PRECAUTIONARY - assuming your Hosts are using Shared Storage, I disconnect my Fibre cables to the Host
yes it is shared among with any others, so why do I need to go to the data center to disconnect it from the SAN Fabric ?
**THIS IS JUST PRECAUTIONARY - assuming your Hosts are using Shared Storage, I disconnect my Fibre cables to the Host
yes it is shared among with any others, so why do I need to go to the data center to disconnect it from the SAN Fabric ?
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thanks man, but the overwrite VMFS is when I selected the LUN from the SAN array, I have local datastore in the server, so I guess I can repartition this one instead safely ?
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2. If your Blades are HP, you should really try to use the HP OEM version of ESXi.