VMware upgrade manager and baselines.
 

Are any of you experts on this? I can't seem to work something out.

I need to upgrade 32 HP Blades from ESX 4.0 to ESXi 5.1. This in itself is not a problem provided the blades are less than G6. I have created the ESXi install baseline and it works fine, however for G7 and G8 blades you need to install some specific drivers for the netwok and disks. This is easy when installing manually but how do I include the specific drivers into my install baseline? I have the drivers as a seperate .iso and during manual install it asks you if you need to install any drivers then you unmount the install .iso mount the driver .iso and install. Then remount the install .iso.

I am looking at the documentation for baselines and thought it was an extension baseline I need but using the baseline creation wizard doesn't help, it has its own set of drivers and filters I can use.

If anyone can explain in idiot terms I would appreciate it massively.

Cheers

its f@cked lol

havent got a clue mate, glad i dont work in server rooms. too feckin cold !

You can have look there on those links,maybe helps

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/to...etup-guide.pdf

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/430858?tstart=0

and this too

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/swit...ndix_0100.html

Jura

Thanks Jura.

Hi mate, i will forward this on to my tech guy at work (if youare still having issues ) I work for a sever and networking company so may be able to point you in the right direction. Also where do you get your kit from? You mention g6,g7 and gen8 blades, we stock thousands of products and have a majority for next day delivery pm me if you're interested as i notice your location is in reading so we could same day parts etc to you.

Ah ha I found the solution.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/mic...rnalId=1035114

Cheers for the help anyway.

Steve1982, Thanks but I work for HP Software R&D in Böblingen Germany, Reading is my home town.