Comments on: Step-by-Step: Upgrade VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 to 6.5u1

By: Carlos

Carlos — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:35:20 +0000

Hi,

You can update or upgrade from 5.5 u3 to 6.5 U2

Reference: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-65u2-release-notes.html

By: Romain Serre

Romain Serre — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:34:10 +0000

Hey,

Since DVS is configured by vCenter, when you’ll migrate the vCenter configuration, the DVS will be migrated also.

By: Romain Serre

Romain Serre — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:33:29 +0000

Hey,

Since DVS is a configuration made from vCenter, when you’ll migrate the vCenter, the DVS will also be migrated. So definitely 🙂

By: Siva

Siva — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 13:12:55 +0000

Hi,

Can i upgrade my vCenter Appliance 5.5 w/ Distributed switch to version 6.5 using this method?

By: Victor

Victor — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 12:50:56 +0000

Is this article applicable for VCSA 5.5 with DVS (Distributed Switch) configured? Any additional steps needed for this?

By: Romain Serre

Romain Serre — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 05:10:53 +0000

Sure you can. Only rename the old vCenter VM. What I do usually, I rename the vCenter with “-old” suffix. Then you can migrate / upgrade the new vCSA with the same name.

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 11:25:01 +0000

Can i use the same vCenter name on the new vCSA ?

By: Romain Serre

Romain Serre — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:38:31 +0000

Hi,

You can do a migration to vSphere 6.5 and then apply the update 1 or 2

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:22:02 +0000

I am also curious about upgrading from 5.5U2

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:24:10 +0000

I’m looking at the 6.5 Update 1g release notes. It is showing the following under “Upgrade Notes for This Release”

vCenter Server 6.5 Update 1 supports upgrades and migrations from vCenter Server 6.0 Update 3 and above to vCenter Server 6.5 Update 1.

Has something changed where we can’t go from 5.5U3 to 6.5 U1?
I was planning to do the migration from the Windows vCenter to the VCSA

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-65u1g-release-notes.html