Some components of the Forge Appliance change after the end-to-end is completed. The changes are apparent in either the Forge Web Client, the appliance management software, the appliance console, the Forge VM console, or the vSphere Client connected to ESXi.
The table below lists the affected components.
Table 1-4 Forge components affected by upgrade.
|
Item |
State at Pre-upgrade |
State at Post-upgrade |
Changed? |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Forge Appliance version |
version 2 |
version 3 |
Yes |
|
ESX version |
4.1 Update 1 4.1 Update 3 |
ESXi 5.5 |
Yes |
|
Forge VM hardware version |
version 4 |
version 7 |
Yes |
|
Forge software version |
4.0.0.xxxx |
11.0.0 |
Yes |
|
Forge local datastore name |
forge:datastore1 |
forge:datastore1 |
No |
|
Forge local datastore version |
VMFS 3.46 |
VMFS 5.54 |
Yes |
|
Existence of ForgeSystem datastore |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Failover VM hardware version |
4 |
4 |
No |
|
Forge Host credentials |
forgeuser |
forgeuser |
No |
|
Appliance Host network IP |
Static |
Static only |
Yes |