VMware GSX Server 2.5.2Features | Documentation | Knowledge Base | Discussion Forums There are a few steps you should take — before you remove an already installed version of GSX Server and install the new version of GSX Server — to ensure the best possible upgrade experience. If you plan to use virtual machines created under an earlier version of GSX Server, be sure they have been shut down completely before you remove the release you used to create them. If the virtual machine is suspended, resume it in the earlier release, shut down the guest operating system, then power off the virtual machine. Note: If you attempt to resume a virtual machine that was suspended under a different VMware product or a different version of GSX Server, a dialog box gives you the choice of discarding or keeping the file that stores the suspended state. To recover the suspended state, you must click Keep, then resume the virtual machine under the correct VMware product. If you click Discard, you can power on normally, but the suspended state is lost. If you plan to use existing virtual machines that have disks in undoable mode, commit or discard any changes to the virtual disks before you remove the release you used to create them. Resume or power on the virtual machine in the earlier release, shut down the guest operating system, power off the virtual machine and either commit or discard changes to the disk in undoable mode when prompted. If you have GSX Server installed on your host system, you must remove it before you install the new version. Also, see When You Remove an Existing Version and Install the New Version. If you have VMware Workstation installed on your host system, you must remove it before you install GSX Server. See the VMware Workstation product documentation for information on how to remove Workstation. As a precaution, back up all the files in your virtual machine directories — including the .vmdk or .dsk, .cfg or .vmx and nvram files — for any existing virtual machines you plan to migrate to the new version of GSX Server. Virtual machines updated for full compatibility with GSX Server 2 cannot be used under GSX Server 1. There is a key precaution you should take when you remove an existing installation of GSX Server and install the new version. The installation steps for your host may require that you run an uninstaller to remove a previous version of GSX Server from your machine. On a Windows host, the uninstaller offers to remove licenses from your registry. If you think you may want to use the previous version of GSX Server again, do not remove the licenses. You can safely keep licenses for multiple VMware products on the computer at the same time. On a Linux host, the license remains in place. You do not need to take any special action. You may safely leave the license where it is. |
