Hi all,
I inherited a single host HP ProLiant DL380e G8 with installed an HP Custom Image of VMware vSphere 5.1 Update 1 (no Shared Storage, no VMware Virtual Center, no VMware Update Manager): the system is running on production with few VMs.
I'm looking for the best procedure, considering I'm going to work on a production system, to update/upgrade that system at all its levels (HP Components Firmware, HP Drivers for VMware released as VIBs for vSphere 5.1 U1 and finally VMware vSphere 5.1 U1 drivers/software components).
In other words the system state languishes since 2013 and nobody before did any update for any component.
Is there a procedure to update all correctly (no problem about system Reboot, I can arrange a time window for management)?
AFAIK, from what I've read so far, it seems that it's a best practice to proceed with these steps (as a rule for HP ProLiants...Drivers first, Firmwares last):
- 1st Update VMware vSphere 5.1 U1 (or newer?) drivers/software components
- 2nd Update HP Drivers for VMware released as VIBs for vSphere 5.1 U1 (or newer?)
- 3rd Do an Offline Update of HP Firmware components through HP SSP 2016.04.0.
I'm in doubt if I 1st have to go from VMware vSphere 5.1 U1 to actual U3 using VMware Custom Image for HP (running on the system as-is, with old HP Firmware) and then go on with 2nd and 3rd steps.
Is anybody able to give me some help in defining what steps to perform and in which order?
Thanks!