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Screenshot bellow shows the latest VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA 6.5) which now has a built-in VMware Upgrade Manager (VUM). TIP: Check the vSphere 6.5 upgrade documentation, link While this scenario might seem a bit fun to do in a lab, it wonвЂ™t be fun within aВ production environment. Sure, you can probably connect to a single host, register the backup server VM there and launch a restore of the vCenter VM, but make sure that this is a supported scenario from VMware standpoint! Also, check with your backup vendor first. You might even lose access to your backup serverВ if it is tightened to vCenter. Will you be able to restore if something goes wrong with the upgrade process? Imagine that after you upgrade your vCenter VM, you canвЂ™t connect back to vCenter.

What if something goes wrong when upgrading? Hyperconverged Appliance from StarWind HCA Datasheet Here are the products that areВ notВ supported yet (when this post was written): So, make sure that you check which VMware products are (or are not) supported on vSphere 6.5. You would be amazed (or not), but when VMware releases a major vSphere release, they donвЂ™t even support their own products out of the box. How about other vSphere products, are they compatible?

PowerCLI script to check the hardware against the VMware Compatibility Guide, link.

Is the Server system youвЂ™re using on VMware Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)? Check here вЂ“ link.

Storage controllers (the same as above).

Are your physical NICs in your hosts on the right Firmware/Driver version (important!!!)?.

Is your DR/replication solution compatible?.

Is your monitoring solution compatible?.

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Is your backup solution compatible with vSphere 6.5 (Ex.

There you must think what is compatible and whatвЂ™s not. Hey, you should have thought about it earlier, no? Imagine that you migrate to new vSphere 6.5 environment, but your backup vendor canвЂ™t assure backup protection for now because the environment isnвЂ™t supported yet. While the apps that live within your VMs wonвЂ™t be impacted, some monitoring solutions which you have been using to monitor vSphere might be.

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First thing to consider вЂ“ compatibility of hardware and software

I have experienced that recently when upgrading my pNICs to proper firmware/driver combination (Those were the x710-da2 Intel Hyper converged 10GbE adapters).Д«elow youвЂ™ll find few points which are essentials to every IT admin. Also, playing with Firmware on your physical NIC cards and applying proper firmware-driver combination is a hard reality before even thinking going furtherвЂ¦. Planning is a pain, but it is necessary step. One of the good news is that there are no new license keys needed for vSphere 6.5 so if youвЂ™re currently on vSphere 6.0 you donвЂ™t need to enter new license keys. In this post IвЂ™ll talk aВ little bit about what to consider before upgrading to vSphere 6.5. VMware vSphere 6.5 has been released few weeks back and many users would like to hit the upgrade button.

StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL) OEM.

Software as a Service (SaaS) & Financing.StarWind Virtual Tape Library Appliance (VTLA).

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