1.5 Upgrade Precautions

The upgrade process to Forge 11 might require you to monitor conditions and make adjustments as needed:

  • Prior to the Backup stage, all Forge datastores must use default naming:

    • Appliance 2: datastore1 and ForgeSystem

    HINT:Use the following steps if you want to check the datastore name:

    1. Open the VMware Client program to your Forge Appliance Host.

    2. From the client, select the address or DNS name of your Forge Appliance Host.

    3. Click the Configuration tab to open the Configuration page.

    4. In the Configuration page Hardware table, select Storage.

    5. In the Identification column, verify the datastore name.

  • Prior to the Backup and Restore stages, you could run the net use command to test authentication to the Forge Management VM. For example, if drive letter P: is available on the administrative computer, you would use the command like this:

    net use P: \\<forge_management_vm_address>\ADMIN$

    net use P: /delete

  • Due to firewall restrictions, the VM's IP address might have to reside in the same VLAN as the administrative computer.

  • Following the rebuild, appliance version 2 carries forward any user-modified settings from appliance version 1.

    The user might have modified these settings:

    • ESX server

      • Datastores added that are backed by external storage

      • Networking changes: vSwitches, portgroups, VM kernel ports

      • Windows domain membership or Active Directory authentication

      • Clock or NTP settings

      • Local account usernames and passwords

    • Forge VM

      • Network or firewall settings

      • Domain or workgroup membership

      • Local Windows usernames and passwords

      • Windows updates

  • Following the Restore stage, the Appliance host network IP must be static. DHCP settings are not supported in appliance version 2.