When you upgrade PlateSpin Forge 3.1, 3.3, or 3.4 to Forge 4, no upgrade of the VMware ESXi appliance host or the Windows OS for the VM occurs. Only the Forge software is upgraded. All existing licenses (PlateSpin Forge, SQL Server, Windows, VMware ESXi) carry forward for the upgrade.
To perform the upgrade, you need to use the installation/upgrade utility, PlateSpinForgeSetup-4.0.0.1231.exe, to export and import data from your previous installation. You can download this “upgrade kit” from the NetIQ/Novell/SUSE Patch download Web site.
This section includes the following information: