


I didn't have any issues except with a single port on one of my quad port nics kept flapping for some reason. ova you download from your vmware account.Īdditionally, when you do plan to upgrade, make sure you check the hardware compatibility matrix to make sure your server hardware is compatible with 6.5 and only do one host at a time. You basically shutdown your Windows server and then set up the vCenter appliance from the.

Oh and to go from vCenter 6 in Windows to vCenter 6.5 Appliance, there is no conversion. Update Manager is built in to the vCenter 6.5 appliance, so you don't have to dink around with separate client installs. I was nervous at first but now it's so much better. I upgraded from vSphere 6 to 6.5 a while ago and when I did that, I stopped using vCenter on Windows and set up the appliance instead. 1 of them is an older R710 and is not on the ESXi 6.5 hardware compatibility list. That was that.Įdit: I am still running ESXi 6.0 U3 on all my hosts. I got it working with Firefox ESR up until last week and then an update to FF seems to have screwed it. I just couldn't take the crippled version 6 client integration plugin. Said in VMware vSphere Update Manager Client - Is there a version How so? I did an in place upgrade on an existing VM and I am aware that they are moving solely to the appliance on the next major release.
