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Upgrading the virtual hardware

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Upgrading the virtual hardware

By default, the FortiADC-VM fortiadc-vm-64-hw7.ovf image uses VMware virtual hardware version 7. If you have a VMware ESXi 5.1 environment that supports virtual hardware version 9, and you want to provide version 9 feature support such as backups, you can update the virtual hardware.

For more information on virtual hardware, see:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/documentLinkInt.do?micrositeID=&popup=true&languageId=&externalID=1010675

To upgrade the virtual hardware:
  1. Shut down FortiADC-VM. To do this, you can enter the CLI command:
  2. execute shutdown

  3. In VMware vCenter, right-click the VM and select Power > Power Off.
  4. After it has been powered off, right-click the VM and select the option to upgrade the virtual hardware.
  5. When the upgrade is complete, power on FortiADC-VM.

Upgrading the virtual hardware

By default, the FortiADC-VM fortiadc-vm-64-hw7.ovf image uses VMware virtual hardware version 7. If you have a VMware ESXi 5.1 environment that supports virtual hardware version 9, and you want to provide version 9 feature support such as backups, you can update the virtual hardware.

For more information on virtual hardware, see:

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/documentLinkInt.do?micrositeID=&popup=true&languageId=&externalID=1010675

To upgrade the virtual hardware:
  1. Shut down FortiADC-VM. To do this, you can enter the CLI command:
  2. execute shutdown

  3. In VMware vCenter, right-click the VM and select Power > Power Off.
  4. After it has been powered off, right-click the VM and select the option to upgrade the virtual hardware.
  5. When the upgrade is complete, power on FortiADC-VM.