Support for Microsoft SQL 2012 Service Pack 2 with vCenter Server 5.5 and 6.0

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Starting July 14, 2015, Microsoft does not provide support for SQL Server 2012 General Availability (GA) and Service Pack 1, This article discusses the support stance from VMware on the interoperability of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack (SP) 2 with vCenter Server 5.5 and vCenter Server 6.0.

For more information on the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Lifecycle, see Microsoft's Support Lifecycle.

Note: The preceding link was correct as of August 6, 2015. If you find the link is broken, provide a feedback and a VMware employee will update the link

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 6.0.x
VMware vCenter Server 5.5.x

Resolution

The VMware Engineering team has completed compatibility testing with these vSphere versions.

• vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2 and later.
  
  For information on build numbers, see the vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2 Release Notes.
  
  
• vCenter Server 6.0.0b and later.
  
  For information on build numbers, see the vCenter Server 6.0.0b Release Notes for build number information.
  
  

Notes:

• If customers want to use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP2 with their existing vSphere 5.5 or 6.0 deployments they must upgrade to the specified versions.
• If customers want to use Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP2 with their new vSphere 5.5 and 6.0 deployments they must perform the installs using the specified versions.

Additional Information

For more information, see VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes.vSphere 5.5 和 6.0 对 Microsoft SQL 2012 Service Pack 2 的支持
vSphere 5.5 および 6.0 での Microsoft SQL 2012 Service Pack 2 のサポート