Overview
This document will guide you through the steps for upgrading your existing ZPC machine in VMWare to meet our new hardware requirements.
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The steps outlined below are for VMware only, ZIRO currently only provides support for VMware. If you are using another VM platform (such as Hyper-V, Hypervisor or Azure VM), please review this guide with your internal VM subject-matter expert before upgrading to SMACS 7.0 or ZPC 8.0) |
VM Requirements
Before upgrading your ZPC machine, you may need to upgrade your VM requirements. The below table displays the requirements for SMACS versions ≤ 6.12.2 and versions ≥ 7.0 to 7.4.2 as well as ZPC version ≥ 8.0 :
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Start the machine with the "Power On" button in the bar next to the server name.
UPGRADE COMPLETED
VMware vSphere (Native Windows Client)
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Log into vSphere with your credentials
Search for the Virtual Machine via the sidebar and select it
Click on the “Summary” tab and click on “Shut Down Guest”
Once the VM has been shut down, select “Edit Settings”
Click on “CPUs” and change the value “Number of virtual sockets” from 1 to 2,
Click on “Hard disk 1” and change the value “Provisioned Size” to “120 GB”
Click “OK” and wait until the task is completed (Check "Recent Tasks" tab for more details)
Start the machine with the "Power On" button under “Summary”.
UPGRADE COMPLETED