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ESXI upgrade to OEM
Hi all
i just finished upgrade our vcenter from 5.5 to 6.0 with update manager and soon i will upgrade our ESXI servers from 5.5 to 6.0
we don't use esxi OEM so
can i now upgrade to 6.0 using OEM ISO or this not possible because the current installed not OEM ?
thanks
i just finished upgrade our vcenter from 5.5 to 6.0 with update manager and soon i will upgrade our ESXI servers from 5.5 to 6.0
we don't use esxi OEM so
can i now upgrade to 6.0 using OEM ISO or this not possible because the current installed not OEM ?
thanks
If an OEM iso is available from your OEM vendor you should preferably use that iso image to install esxi. Otherwise you risk an install without the optimal combination of drivers and you may also lose some functionality (for example, with an HP image you can use HP Smart Update to upgrade firmware while the server is up and running).
The use of an OEM iso is independent of using an ESXi OEM license so you are free to use a normal VMware license or you can use an OEM license if you need to.
Lars
The use of an OEM iso is independent of using an ESXi OEM license so you are free to use a normal VMware license or you can use an OEM license if you need to.
Lars
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thanks Lard for this info
we have 3 dell hosts poweredge r710
we have 2 Fujitsu primergy rx300 s7
and i can from my vmware download the OEM custom Fujitsu image or Dell image .
but my point is
these hosts now up and ruining using ESXI 5.5 i installed them using the normal vmware ESXI iso image
now i upgrade the vcenter from 5.5 to 6.0 and installed vmware upgrade manager to upgrade the ESXI hosts to 6.0
so my point can i right now just mount the OEM Fujitsu ESXI 6.0 to the update manager and update the Fujitsu servers to 6.0 without any side effect to the host and the vms . and the same for Dell server
or i cant because from the beginning i don't install the original ESXI from OEM image
i hope you got my case
thanks
we have 3 dell hosts poweredge r710
we have 2 Fujitsu primergy rx300 s7
and i can from my vmware download the OEM custom Fujitsu image or Dell image .
but my point is
these hosts now up and ruining using ESXI 5.5 i installed them using the normal vmware ESXI iso image
now i upgrade the vcenter from 5.5 to 6.0 and installed vmware upgrade manager to upgrade the ESXI hosts to 6.0
so my point can i right now just mount the OEM Fujitsu ESXI 6.0 to the update manager and update the Fujitsu servers to 6.0 without any side effect to the host and the vms . and the same for Dell server
or i cant because from the beginning i don't install the original ESXI from OEM image
i hope you got my case
thanks
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