Comments on: Release: ESX 3.5 Update 4

By: The VMguy

The VMguy — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:25:18 +0000

No, a VMFS upgrade is not required. If it was it would not matter in most cases, Storage vMotion is now in the GUI and very easy to use.

By: vibranze

vibranze — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:56:45 +0000

Hi,

Do I need to move all the VMs to during the upgrading? Will the upgrading wipe out the whole /vmfs/volumes/ and the VMs inside? Thanks.

By: Stu

Stu — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:54:00 +0000

I’ve done a few migrations just now, your VM’s will still run fine but won’t be “at their best” until you upgrade vmtools… keep in mind as soon as you do the upgrade the VMtools installer will restart the VM, so schedule downtime for each VM you upgrade.

By: Edward Marshall

Edward Marshall — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:33:51 +0000

Hello,

THe release notes mention a vmtools update is required. Does this mean that the vmware tools must be upgraded once update 4 is applied or is this just a note to say you must upgrade the vmtools package when you get chance?

Thanks