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datastore upgrade
I am thinking of upgrading the datastore from ver 3 to 5 , but have a esx4.1 and will be retired soon.
Have 4 ver5.1 and one 4.1.
Can I still go about the datastore upgrade provided that the vm which use that new datastore will not need to migrate to that esxi host ? that is, will they be migrated to ver5.1 automatically when HA and DRS enabled.
Have 4 ver5.1 and one 4.1.
Can I still go about the datastore upgrade provided that the vm which use that new datastore will not need to migrate to that esxi host ? that is, will they be migrated to ver5.1 automatically when HA and DRS enabled.
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The esx4.1 is not hosting any VMs currently and not mounted with vmfs5 other than vmfs3 and nfs.
is there any problem leaving like that.
I understand the VMs on vmfs5 are not compatiable with 4.1, but these VMs have the place to migrate (other esx5.1) other than esx4.1.
Will this esx4.1 interfare the cluster (HA, DRS) though it is not hosting any vms?
is there any problem leaving like that.
I understand the VMs on vmfs5 are not compatiable with 4.1, but these VMs have the place to migrate (other esx5.1) other than esx4.1.
Will this esx4.1 interfare the cluster (HA, DRS) though it is not hosting any vms?
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It will not be migrated to that host, because the datastore is incompatible with 4.1.
I would not recommend upgrading at this time, and leaving at VMFS-3, and wait to retire ESXi 4.1 host.
As soon as you upgrade the datastore to VMFS 5.x, it makes the datastore incompatible with that host!
see also this...(you may not be able to upgrade to VMFS 5.x, because you have an ESXi 4.1 host!
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2003813