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I was thinking Irrespective of the updates the EXS and SAN should be restarted periodically.<br />
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I think there are some VM ware patches available &nbsp;and thought of installing.
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I was thinking Irrespective of the updates the EXS and SAN should be restarted periodically.

I think there are some VM ware patches available  and thought of installing.

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Hi <br />
We use 3 Fujitsu ESX host &nbsp;servers and a Netapp SAN (Called as Fujitsu vShape architecture) in our organisation.<br />
I have not restarted this &nbsp;ESX and SAN since last 7 months after we implemented.<br />
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Is it a good idea to restart &nbsp;both the ESX and Netapp SAN now or only the ESX<br />
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Please suggest &nbsp;how to go about and what would be the sequence of shutting and restarting
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Hi 
We use 3 Fujitsu ESX host  servers and a Netapp SAN (Called as Fujitsu vShape architecture) in our organisation.
I have not restarted this  ESX and SAN since last 7 months after we implemented.

Is it a good idea to restart  both the ESX and Netapp SAN now or only the ESX

Please suggest  how to go about and what would be the sequence of shutting and restarting

Sugessions on routine shutdows and restart of ESX and SAN.

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