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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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Question

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?

Options

  • 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.

How the community answered

(33 responses)
  • A
    6% (2)
  • B
    73% (24)
  • C
    18% (6)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

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

Topics

#ESXi upgrade#Update Manager#hardware requirements#processor compatibility

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