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Updating plain ESXi with HP ESXi image ?

Hi,

I'm having issue to my existing VMware ESXi server that was installed from plain vanilla image (not from HP) with the HP AMS agent.

Can I apply the following ESXi 5.1 Update 2 Patch 5 using the below steps for the ESXi server that is having problem now ?

1. Download ‘VMware-ESXi-5.1.0-Update2-2000251-HP-5.69.2-Nov2014.iso’ from the below provided link.
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=HP-ESXI-5.1.0U2-GA-JAN2014&productId=285

2. Connect to the iLO for the server
3. Attach the .ISO, boot the server from ISO
4. Follow the onscreen prompts to update the ESXi host.

How do I ensure the existing ESXi configuration is kept during the upgrade process ?

If not can anyone please let me know what's the step to backup the configuration before the upgrade ?

Thanks.

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Albert Widjaja

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OK, so no need to worry about losing any configuration in existing ESXi ?

Do I need to backup anything before the upgrade ?

Albert Widjaja

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Thanks Andrew,

At the moment I need to reboot the ESXi server due to "can't fork" issue I'm having at the moment. So yes after the reboot I join it to the VCenter and issue the command above to backup the config.

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Thanks Andrew,
So I assume the command that you mention can be scheduled to perform online backup for the ESXi servers.

But why you back it up daily ?

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