Upgrading Virtual Machines and
VMware Tools 8
After you upgrade ESXi hosts, you can upgrade the virtual machines on the host to take advantage of new
features.
VMware offers the following tools for upgrading virtual machines:
vSphere Web Client
Requires you to perform the virtual machine upgrade one step at a time, but
does not require vSphere Update Manager. See the information about
upgrading virtual machines in the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration
documentation.
vSphere Update
Manager
Automates the process of upgrading and patching virtual machines, thereby
ensuring that the steps occur in the correct order. You can use Update
Manager to directly upgrade the virtual machine hardware version and
VMware Tools. See the Installing and Administering VMware vSphere Update
Manager documentation.
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