Does vSphere need to be a fresh install, or can solutions providers conduct an upgrade of an existing ESX implementation?
You can perform a fresh install of vSphere if your customer has new hardware or if you want to start your customer’s virtualization environment over from scratch. If you have an existing VI3 implementation, you can upgrade the existing Virtual Center Server and ESX hosts with certain ESX versions. Solutions providers should know the necessary steps to perform a vSphere upgrade to make sure they are taking advantage of potential business opportunities.
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