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Does their Host support 6?<br />
Not all servers do.
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Does their Host support 6?
Not all servers do.

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I'm pretty sure it does.<br />
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One thing at a time...I need the actual question answered on an installation on top of the same version. &nbsp;In effect &quot;refreshing&quot; the install.
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I'm pretty sure it does.

One thing at a time...I need the actual question answered on an installation on top of the same version.  In effect "refreshing" the install.

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Perfect. &nbsp;That's what I thought and wanted to confirm.<br />
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Your VMware articles are excellent btw..... Thanks.!!<br />
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I already have the one you mentioned up on my screen. &nbsp;:-)
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Perfect.  That's what I thought and wanted to confirm.

Your VMware articles are excellent btw..... Thanks.!!

I already have the one you mentioned up on my screen.  :-)

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No problems, if you have internet access from the host to internet, you can upgrade direct from the internet!
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No problems, if you have internet access from the host to internet, you can upgrade direct from the internet!

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Thanks for your kind words about my EE Articles!
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Thanks for your kind words about my EE Articles!

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Quick question. &nbsp;One of my customers is wanting to upgrade from vsphere 5.1 to 6.0.<br />
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I want to do this remotely using SSH. &nbsp;I've looked at Hancock's guides and it seems pretty straight forward.<br />
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But I want to do a &quot;dry run&quot; on my lab. &nbsp;Unfortunately,, I already have 6 u1 on my lab machine. &nbsp;<br />
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Question is, is it possible to re-run the offline bundle and have it &quot;install&quot; over the same version?
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Quick question.  One of my customers is wanting to upgrade from vsphere 5.1 to 6.0.

I want to do this remotely using SSH.  I've looked at Hancock's guides and it seems pretty straight forward.

But I want to do a "dry run" on my lab.  Unfortunately,, I already have 6 u1 on my lab machine.  

Question is, is it possible to re-run the offline bundle and have it "install" over the same version?

Install vsphere 6 u1 on top of ver. 6 u1

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

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Installation is the act of making a computer program program ready for execution. Because the process varies programs often come with a specialized program responsible for doing whatever is needed for their installation. Installation may be part of a larger software deployment process. Cross platform installer builders that produce installers for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux include InstallAnywhere, InstallBuilder and Install4J. Installers for Microsoft Windows include Windows Installer, InstallShield, and Wise Installation Studio; free installer-authoring tools include NSIS, IzPack, Clickteam, InnoSetup, InstallSimple and WiX. Mac OS X includes Installer, and also includes a separate software updating application.