I apologize in advance if this scenario has been covered many times. I am upgrading a standalone 5.0 host to 5.1, except that the I will be installing 5.1 onto a different storage. Currently 5.0 is installed on internal storage, but I will be installing 5.1 onto a flash drive, so the previous installation will not be detected and settings will not be automatically carried over. My question is: with the new installation of 5.1, will ESX automatically detect the existing VM's on the local datastore and import them? Or will I need to complete some additional steps? I will be setting the same IP address and configuration on the new esx5.1.
Any assistance will be appreciated. Thanks.