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Helpful Upgrade Guide to Esxi 5.5

  • April 19, 2014
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Nice little Guide to upgrade Esxi to version 5.5
http://joshsinclair.com/?p=278
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  • Adventurer
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  • April 20, 2014
So my upgrade from esxi 5.0 U3 to esxi 5.5 did work different like johnsonclaires guide
1 + 2 like described
3.) for i in `hostips`; do echo $i && ssh root@$i "esxcli software vib install -d /FILEPATH TO OFFLINE BUNDLE"; done
4.) like described
5.) Set host in maintaince mode
6.) Reboot esxi server
7.) After reboot reconnect esxi server
8.) CVM is listed as unkown and unkown1 vm. The local nfs datastore is not available
9.) Read on the Nutanix Operation Guide 3.5 and fixed it
10.) ls -ld /altbootbank/Nutanix /altbootbank/svmboot.tar.gzIf /altbootbank/Nutanix or /altbootbank/svmboot.tar.gzexist, move it to /bootbank. Otherwise,proceed to the next step.mv /altbootbank/Nutanix /bootbankmv /altbootbank/svmboot.tar.gz /bootbankc. Remove the pynfs VIB.excli software vib remove -n pynfs -f
-> nothing happen (Seems to be only valid for 5.1 and 5.5 , not 5.0)Save the host configuration./sbin/auto-backup.sh
Kown this is the import part which brings the local nfs datastore back
Configure the local NFS serverCheck the bootbanks.ls -ld /bootbank/Nutanix /altbootbank/Nutanixls -ld /bootbank/svmboot.tar.gz /altbootbank/svmboot.tar.gzIf these files or directories do not exist, restore the backup that you made before the upgrade to /bootbank. As I did no backup of this files, this can be copied from an other nutanix esxi host.
Copy the pynfs VIB file from your temporary download location to /var/tmp on the host aspynfs.vib.Install the plugin.esxcli software vib install -v /var/tmp/pynfs.vib -f
Now remove from vcenter the unkown and unkown1 vm and reregister the CVM.
Now the local datastore is back.
Then do what is described on page 102 -105 in the NOS Operation guide.

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  • Adventurer
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  • April 20, 2014
Perfect another Guide
http://wkennedy.co/nutanix/nutanix-esxi-upgrade-51-to-55/

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  • Nutanix Employee
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  • May 13, 2014
Good info, Meistermn. Much of this is now covered in the Platform Administration guide, chapter 9. We've recently moved the vSphere upgrade procedure from the upgrade guides to the Platform Administration guide. There are procedural improvements and product specific procedures discussed as well.

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  • Voyager
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  • January 18, 2015
I apologize for bringing this post back up, just wanted to update the link referenced above. My write-up on the 5.1 to 5.5 upgrade is here.

Let me know if you have any questions!

aluciani
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  • Chevalier
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  • February 10, 2015
Thanks for sharing @whiskykilo