Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?
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Hello all,
I planned to upgrading ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . They were 4 hosts in single vcenter server. It might be 90 VMs are running. so, what are the steps, i follow one by one process. kindly share the procedure or any document for upgrading ESXi latest.
Thanks
Ghani VM -
First, read the vSphere upgrade path on vmware site (just google it), after that…
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@francesco-provino said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
vSphere upgrade path on vmware si
i searched, but that they do not provide sorted VMware upgradation pre-requistics in esxi host level, vcenter level, VM level, storage level, network level ???
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@ghani said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
@francesco-provino said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
vSphere upgrade path on vmware si
i searched, but that they do not provide sorted VMware upgradation pre-requistics in esxi host level, vcenter level, VM level, storage level, network level ???
Of course they require SOME of that: https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2147289 .
More general compatibility matrix: https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.php .
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@ghani said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
I planned to upgrading ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 .
Remember that version 6 is the last version with the C# client.
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@aaronstuder said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
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currently VMware latest version 6.5 on IT industry
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your shared links help to get idea of upgrade
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@ghani said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
@aaronstuder said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
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currently VMware latest version 6.5 on IT industry
Make sure you're installing 6.5U1 and not just 6.5. Are you using a Windows vCenter or the appliance? Remember that Windows vCenter support will be disappearing soon - https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2017/08/farewell-vcenter-server-windows.html.
I'd start with this series of posts by one of the Technical Marketing Managers at VMware - https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2017/05/vsphere-6-5-upgrade-considerations-part-1.html. I believe there are 2 other articles he has written about it.
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The VCSA installer is incredibly fragile and bugged. Of course it doesn't makes any sense to deploy vCenter on windows as of today.
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@francesco-provino said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
The VCSA installer is incredibly fragile and bugged. Of course it doesn't makes any sense to deploy vCenter on windows as of today.
VCSA is an appliance isn't it? There shouldn't really be an installer.
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@coliver said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
@francesco-provino said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
The VCSA installer is incredibly fragile and bugged. Of course it doesn't makes any sense to deploy vCenter on windows as of today.
VCSA is an appliance isn't it? There shouldn't really be an installer.
I totally agree with you. But there is an installer with a two-stage deployment that fail spectacularly in 95% of the deployments, mainly due to DNS or NTP issue. The VMware KB is full of workarounds like "put this MANUALLY on the host file".
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@francesco-provino said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
@coliver said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
@francesco-provino said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
The VCSA installer is incredibly fragile and bugged. Of course it doesn't makes any sense to deploy vCenter on windows as of today.
VCSA is an appliance isn't it? There shouldn't really be an installer.
I totally agree with you. But there is an installer with a two-stage deployment that fail spectacularly in 95% of the deployments, mainly due to DNS or NTP issue. The VMware KB is full of workarounds like "put this MANUALLY on the host file".
Ouch. Wasn't aware of that. I know two years ago when we went to deploy it we had nothing but issues getting it working and the interface didn't work at all. Hopefully the modern appliance is much better.
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@coliver said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
@francesco-provino said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
@coliver said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
@francesco-provino said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
The VCSA installer is incredibly fragile and bugged. Of course it doesn't makes any sense to deploy vCenter on windows as of today.
VCSA is an appliance isn't it? There shouldn't really be an installer.
I totally agree with you. But there is an installer with a two-stage deployment that fail spectacularly in 95% of the deployments, mainly due to DNS or NTP issue. The VMware KB is full of workarounds like "put this MANUALLY on the host file".
Ouch. Wasn't aware of that. I know two years ago when we went to deploy it we had nothing but issues getting it working and the interface didn't work at all. Hopefully the modern appliance is much better.
The appliance now is usable, but the installer is completely useless.
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@aaronstuder said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
@ghani said in Upgrading from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 . what are the steps need to follow ?:
I planned to upgrading ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.5 .
Remember that version 6 is the last version with the C# client.
C# client no longer works with 6.5 Update 1, it used to work fine with 6.5.
this is how I patch my standalone ESXi hosts via SSH:
esxcli software vib install -d "/vmfs/volumes/Datastore/DirectoryName/PatchName.zip"
I patched this way starting from 6.0 till 6.5 update 1
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yes, will plan to install 6.5U1 and have Vcenter appliance server, not windows vcenter.
