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Preupgrade checklist for Linux® Operating System upgrades

Perform the following checks before you start upgrading elements that you have deployed on System Manager on Linux® Operating System to System Manager on Appliance Virtualization Platform, on the same server or a different server:

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You must perform these tasks on the System Manager web console.

No. Task
1 Ensure that you assign a different IP address for the ESXi host  
2 After you perform the Refresh Element(s) operation, ensure that your system contains the latest version of all elements.  
3 On the User Settings page, ensure that PLDS or the alternate source are configured correctly.  
4 After you perform the Analyze operation, verify on the Upgrade Job status page that the operation you performed is successful.  
5 Download the OVA file for the element that you want to upgrade.  
6 After you have performed the Analyze job, verify that the element that you want to upgrade displays the Ready for Upgrade status.  
7 On the Pre-upgrade Check Job Details page, ensure that the status of the element that you want to upgrade displays Successful.  
8 In the Upgrade Job status, in the Pre-upgrade Configuration page, verify the configuration values are correct.