ESXi 5. 1 Update 2 Release Notes. VMware ESXi 5. 1 Update 2 1. JAN 2. 01. 4 Build 1. Last updated 2. 3 JUL 2. Check for additions and updates to these release notes. Whats in the Release Notes. The release notes cover the following topics. Whats New. This release of VMware ESXi contains the following enhancements Support for additional guest operating systemsThis release updates support for many guest operating systems. For a complete list of guest operating systems supported with this release, see the VMware Compatibility Guide. When youre traveling through unfamiliar territory, sometimes turnbyturn navigation just isnt enough. A new design update on Google Maps is here to help you out. CloudBerry Backup supports backup and restore of virtual machines created and controlled by ESXi server which is a part of VMware vSphere product and HyperV server. Cisco UCS B200 M4 Blade Servers with Pure Storage Flash FlashArrayM50 Array on VMware Horizon View 6. ESXi 6. 0. Resolved Issues This release also delivers a number of bug fixes that have been documented in the Resolved Issues section. Earlier Releases of ESXi 5. Features and known issues of ESXi 5. To view release notes for earlier releases of ESXi 5. Internationalization. Researchers at Boston University studying deceased football players brains released new findings earlier this week on the potential connection between the athletes. VSphere 4. 1 ESXi Installable and vCenter Server vSphere 4. ESXi Installable and vCenter Server Introduction to VMware vSphere VMware vSphere Introduction. View and Download VMWARE VCENTER CONVERTER STANDALONE 4. VCENTER CONVERTER STANDALONE 4. E/image009.jpg' alt='Vmware Cold Clone 4.1 Iso' title='Vmware Cold Clone 4.1 Iso' />VMware v. Sphere 5. Update 2 is available in the following languages English. French. German. Japanese. Korean. Simplified Chinese. Open Source Components for VMware vSphere 5. Update 3. The copyright statements and licenses applicable to the open source software components distributed in vSphere. Compatibility and Installation. Upgrading v. Sphere Client. After you upgrade v. Center Server or the ESXi host to v. Sphere 5. 1 Update 2 and attempt to connect to the v. Center Server or the ESXi host using a version of v. Sphere Client earlier than 5. Update 1b, you are prompted to upgrade the v. Sphere Client to v. Sphere Client 5. 1 Update 2. The v. Sphere Client upgrade is mandatory. You must use only the upgraded v. Sphere Client to access v. Sphere 5. 1 Update 2. ESXi, v. Center Server, and v. Sphere Web Client Version Compatibility. The VMware. Product Interoperability Matrix provides details about the compatibility of current and previous. VMware v. Sphere components, including ESXi, VMware v. Center Server, the v. Sphere Web Client. VMware products. In addition, check this site for information about supported management. ESXi or v. Center Server. The v. Sphere Client and the v. Sphere Web Client are packaged with the v. Center Server and modules. ZIP file. You can install one or both clients from the VMware v. Center Installer wizard. ESXi, v. Center Server, and VDDK Compatibility. Virtual Disk Development Kit VDDK 5. ESXi 5. 1 Update 2 and v. Center Server 5. 1 Update 2 releases. For more information about VDDK, see http www. Hardware Compatibility for ESXi. To determine which processors, storage devices, SAN arrays, and IO devices are compatible with. Sphere 5. 1 Update 2, use the ESXi 5. Update 2 information in the. VMware Compatibility. Guide. The list of supported processors is expanded for this release. To determine which processors. VMware Compatibility. Guide. Guest Operating System Compatibility for ESXi. To determine which guest operating systems are compatible with ESXi 5. Update 2, use the. ESXi 5. 1 Update 2 information in the VMware Compatibility Guide. Beginning with v. Sphere 5. 1, support level changes for older guest operating systems have. For descriptions of each support level, see. Knowledge Base article 2. The. VMware Compatibility Guide. VMware product releases. The following guest operating system releases that are no longer supported by their respective operating. Future v. Sphere releases will not support these guest operating systems. Sphere 5. 1 Update 2 does support them. Windows NTAll 1. 6 bit Windows and DOS releases Windows 9. Windows 9. 5, Windows 3. Debian 4. 0 and 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2. SUSE Linux Enterprise 8. SUSE Linux Enterprise 9 prior to SP4. SUSE Linux Enterprise 1. SP3. SUSE Linux Enterprise 1. Prior to SP1. Ubuntu releases 8. All releases of Novell Netware. All releases of IBM OS2. Virtual Machine Compatibility for ESXi. Virtual machines that are compatible with ESX 3. ESXi 5. 1 Update 2. Virtual machines that are compatible with ESX 2. To use such virtual machines on ESXi 5. Update 2, upgrade the virtual machine compatibility. See the. v. Sphere Upgrade documentation. Installation Notes for This Release. Read the v. Sphere Installation and Setup documentation for step by step guidance on installing and. ESXi and v. Center Server. Although the installations are straightforward, several subsequent configuration steps are essential. In particular, read the following Migrating Third Party Solutions. You cannot directly migrate third party solutions installed on an ESX or ESXi host as part of a host upgrade. Architectural changes between ESXi 5. ESXi 5. 1 result in the loss of third party components and possible system instability. To accomplish such migrations, you can create. ISO file with Image Builder. For information about upgrading with third party. Sphere Upgrade documentation. For information about using Image. Builder to make a custom ISO, see the v. Sphere Installation and Setup documentation. Upgrades and Installations Disallowed for Unsupported CPUsv. Sphere 5. 1 Update 2 supports only CPUs with LAHF and SAHF CPU instruction sets. During an installation or upgrade. CPU with v. Sphere 5. Update 2. If your host hardware is not compatible. Sphere 5. 1 Update 2. Upgrades for This Release. For instructions about upgrading v. Center Server and ESXESXi hosts, see the v. Sphere Upgrade documentation. ESXi 5. 1 Update 2 offers the following tools for upgrading ESXESXi hosts Upgrade interactively using an ESXi installer ISO image on CD ROM, DVD, or USB flash drive. You can run the ESXi 5. Update 2 installer from a CD ROM, DVD, or USB flash drive to do an interactive upgrade. This method is appropriate for a small number of hosts. Perform a scripted upgrade. You can upgrade or migrate from version 4. ESXESXi hosts, ESXi 5. ESXi 5. 1. x hosts to ESXi 5. Update 2 by invoking an update script, which provides an efficient, unattended upgrade. Scripted upgrades also provide an efficient way to deploy multiple hosts. You can use a script to upgrade ESXi from a CD ROM or DVD drive, or by PXE booting the installer. Sphere Auto Deploy. If your ESXi 5. x host was deployed using v. Sphere Auto Deploy, you can use Auto Deploy to reprovision the host by rebooting it with a new image profile that contains the ESXi upgrade. You can update and apply patches to ESXi 5. ZIP file of a depot that is prepared by a VMware partner. You cannot use esxcli to upgrade ESX or ESXI hosts to version 5. ESXESXI versions earlier than version 5. Supported Upgrade Paths for Upgrade to ESXi 5. Update 2 Upgrade Deliverables. Supported Upgrade Tools. Supported Upgrade Paths to ESXi 5. Update 2 ESXESXi 4. Includes. ESXESXi 4. Update 1. ESXESXi. Update 2 ESXESXi. Update 3. ESXESXi 4. Update 4 ESXESXi 4. Includes. ESXESXi 4. Update 1. ESXESXi 4. Update 2. ESXESXi 4. Update 3 ESXi 5. 0 Includes. Star Defender 3 Activation Code Keygen. ESXi 5. 0 Update 1 ESXi 5. Update 2 ESXi 5. 0 Update 3 ESXi 5. Includes. ESXi 5. Update 1. VMware VMvisor Installer 5. VMware v. Center Update Manager CD Upgrade Scripted Upgrade Yes. Yes. Yes. Yesupdate from esxi. VMware v. Center Update Manager. ESXCLIVMware v. Sphere CLINo. No. YesYes. Using patch definitions downloaded from VMware portal onlineVMware v. Center Update Manager with patch baseline. No. No. No. Yesote Upgrade from ESXi 5. ESXi 5. 1 Update 1 using update from esxi. ESXCLI. You need to run the esxcli software profile update depotlt depotlocation profilelt profilename command to perform the upgrade. For more information, see the ESXi 5. Upgrade Options topic in the v. Sphere Upgrade guide. Open Source Components for VMware v. Sphere 5. 1 Update 2 The copyright statements and licenses applicable to the open source software components distributed in. Sphere 5. 1 Update 2 are available at http www. My VMware Get Personalized Support Quickly and Easily.