VCP510PSE · Question #136
An administrator is upgrading an ESXi 3.5 host to ESXi 5.x with an intermediate upgrade to 4.0 using Update Manager. The host has a single Intel Xeon processor, 4GB of RAM, and a VMFS datastore on a…
The correct answer is B. The ESXi host has one processor. You cannot use Update Manager to upgrade a host to ESXi 5.0 if the host was previously upgraded from ESX 3.x to ESX 4.x. Such hosts do not have sufficient free space in the /boot partition to support the Update Manager upgrade process…
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An administrator is upgrading an ESXi 3.5 host to ESXi 5.x with an intermediate upgrade to 4.0 using Update Manager. The host has a single Intel Xeon processor, 4GB of RAM, and a VMFS datastore on a private, SAN-attached LUN. What might cause the upgrade to be unsuccessful?
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- AThe ESXi host has 4GB RAM.
- BThe ESXi host has one processor.
- CESXi 3.5 is not supported for upgrade.
- DUpdate Manager cannot upgrade a previously upgraded host.
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(33 responses)- A6% (2)
- B73% (24)
- C18% (6)
- D3% (1)
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You cannot use Update Manager to upgrade a host to ESXi 5.0 if the host was previously upgraded from ESX 3.x to ESX 4.x. Such hosts do not have sufficient free space in the /boot partition to support the Update Manager upgrade process 50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.upgrade.doc_50%2FGUID-AA106086-E10D- 456EB0B9- 340D3D1462C3.html
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