Update sequence for vSphere 7.0 and its compatible VMware products

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi
• VMware vCenter Server 7.0
• VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0

Issue/Introduction

This article only encompasses environments running vSphere and/or vCloud Suite 7.0 and VMware products compatible with vSphere 7.0.

In an environment with vSphere 7.0 and its compatible VMware products, perform the update sequence described in the Supported Update Sequence table.

Note: This article refers only to the latest versions of VMware products that are supported by vSphere 7.0 and its update sequence. 

Important: 

When upgrading your vCenter Server when Horizon View is part of your environment, refer to the following resources:
Update sequence for Horizon 7, Horizon 8, and compatible Omnissa products (78445)
Migration Recommendations and Restrictions for Horizon VDI Desktops (57368)
VMware Interoperability Matrices

Environment

VMware vSphere 7.0.x

Resolution

This table describes the upgrade path in which the vSphere 7.0 and its compatible VMware products must be updated:

Supported Update Sequence 

	vRSLCM	vRLI	vROPs	vRNI	vRA	vADP-based Backup solution	VR	SRM	NSX-T	vCenter Server	ESXi	VMware Tools	Virtual Hardware	vSAN ODF/VMFS	vSAN File Services
Seq.	1
		2	2
				3
					4
						5
							6	6
									7
										8
											9
												10
													11
														12
															13

Note: If you need to update multiple products in your environment, start with updating the product with the lowest sequence number. After you update the product, update the product with the next sequence number. If a product is not present in your environment, update the subsequent product. If you need to update two products with the same sequence number, the order of update does not matter.
 

Product	Minimum Supported version	Documentation
vSphere ESXi	6.5	Host must be at a minimum of 6.5 to upgrade to 7.0
VMware Tools	10.3.21	VMware Tools 11.0.5 Release Notes
vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM)	8.3	VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.3 Release Notes Upgrading Site Recovery Manager
vSphere Replication (VR)	8.3	VMware vSphere Replication 8.3 Release Notes Upgrading vSphere Replication
vSphere vSAN	6.6.1 U2	Note: 6.2 P08 is not supported VMware vSAN 6.7 Update 2 Release Notes Upgrading the vSAN Cluster
NSX-T Data Center	3.0	VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.0 Release Notes Upgrading NSX-T Data Center
VMware vRealize Orchestrator (vRO)	7.6.0	VMware vRealize Orchestrator 8.x Release Notes Installing, Configuring, and Migrating VMware vRealize Orchestrator
VMware vRealize Log Insight (vRLI)	8.0	vRealize Log Insight 8.0 Release Notes  Installing vRealize Log Insight
VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRSLCM)	8.0.1	VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.0.1 Release Notes vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager Installation, Upgrade, and Management
vRealize Automation (vRA)	7.6	vRealize Automation 8.0 Release Notes
vRealize Network Insight	4.2.0	vRealize Network Insight 5.1 Release Notes Upgrading vRealize Network Insight
vRealize Operations	8.1	VMware Aria Operations 8.16 Release Notes