Understand ESXi installation methods including interactive and builder.
- [Instructor] In this video, we'll talk about…different upgrade alternatives for our ESXi hosts.…And we'll start by covering Update Manager.…Now, Update Manager is a tool that we can use…for a lot of different purposes.…We can perform VM or tools updates.…We can perform virtual machine, virtual hardware…version updates.…We can also perform host patches and host upgrades as well.…So, we can actually utilize Update Manager…not only to perform our routine patches of our ESXi hosts,…but also to upgrade from one version of ESXi to another…and this is the recommended method…to upgrade ESXi hosts in most cases.…
So, let's walk through the steps required…to use Update Manager to perform a host upgrade.…The first step is to create an upgrade baseline.…The baseline is simply the software…that we want to install on these ESXi hosts.…So, we'll create what's called a fixed baseline,…or an upgrade baseline, that we're going to use to push out…this software to our ESXi hosts and then we'll attach…that baseline to the ESXi hosts that we want to upgrade.…
Author
Rick Crisci
Released
3/9/2017- Using vRealize badges and alerts
- Troubleshooting CPUs for memory contention
- Working with lab environments
- Using performance charts and metrics
- vCenter monitoring, maintenance, and connectivity
- Troubleshooting SSO
- Working with esxtop and installing VMware tools
- ESXi management agents, diagnostics, and host health
- Troubleshooting resource contention
- Creating a vSphere distributed switch
- Working with vMotion, NIOC, PVLAN, DRS, and COMA
- Troubleshooting common upgrade issues
- Troubleshooting clusters
- Configuring an HA network
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome36s
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1. Performance Troubleshooting
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Using esxtop6m 14s
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2. Troubleshooting vCenter and VMs
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vCenter database maintenance3m 33s
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vCenter logs3m 58s
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SSO troubleshooting5m 31s
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VMware tools installation5m 23s
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vCenter server connectivity1m 40s
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3. Troubleshooting ESXi
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ESXi management agents4m 17s
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Gather ESXi diagnostics5m 55s
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Monitor ESXi host health3m 16s
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Work with log files4m 7s
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4. Troubleshooting Networks
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Verify network configuration14m 10s
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NIOC configuration7m 31s
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PVLAN configuration issues5m 38s
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5. Troubleshooting Storage
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Verify storage configuration10m 38s
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Monitor storage DRS6m 40s
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VOMA metadata analyzer5m 9s
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6. Troubleshooting Upgrades
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Common upgrade issues5m 48s
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vCenter logging options1m 49s
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7. Cluster Troubleshooting
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DRS load balancing10m 14s
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Cluster configuration10m 44s
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vMotion troubleshooting5m 44s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 20s
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