Complete these steps — before you remove VMware GSX Server 1.0 and install VMware GSX Server 2.0.
If you plan to use virtual machines created under VMware GSX Server 1.0 or a pre-release version of VMware GSX Server 2.0, be sure they have been shut down completely before you remove the release you used to create them.
If the virtual machine is suspended, resume it in the earlier release, shut down the guest operating system, then power off the virtual machine.
If you attempt to resume a virtual machine that was suspended under a different VMware product or a different version of VMware GSX Server, a dialog box gives you the choice of discarding or keeping the the file that stores the suspended state. To recover the suspended state, you must click Keep, then resume the virtual machine under the correct VMware product. If you click Discard, you can power on normally, but the suspended state is lost.
If you plan to use existing virtual machines that have undoable disks, commit or discard any changes to the virtual disks before you remove the release you used to create them.
Resume or power on the virtual machine in the earlier release, shut down the guest operating system, power off the virtual machine and either commit or discard changes to the undoable disk when prompted.
As a precaution, back up all the files in your virtual machine directories — including the .vmdk or .dsk, .cfg or .vmx and nvram files — for any existing virtual machines you plan to migrate to VMware GSX Server 2.0.
Virtual machines updated for full compatibility with VMware GSX Server 2.0 cannot be used under earlier versions of VMware software.
There is a key precaution you should take when you remove VMware GSX Server 1.0 — or a prerelease version of VMware GSX Server 2.0 — and install VMware GSX Server 2.0. Leave the Existing License in Place.
The installation steps for your host may require that you run an uninstaller to remove a previous version of VMware GSX Server from your machine. The license remains in place. You do not need to take any special action. Just leave it where it is.
If you inadvertently remove the VMware GSX Server 1.0 license, reinstall the license following the instructions in the VMware GSX Server 1.0 manual.
If you received a serial number with VMware GSX Server 1.0, reinstall version 1.0, run the VMware GSX Server program once and type in the serial number when the program prompts you to do so. That installs your license. Then remove version 1.0, leaving the license in place.
If you used the tar installer to install VMware GSX Server 1.0 and you plan to use the tar installer for VMware GSX Server 2.0, you do not need to take any special steps to uninstall VMware GSX Server 1.0.
If you used the RPM installer to install VMware GSX Server 1.0, you need to take two steps to upgrade from VMware GSX Server 1.0.
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