Important information before upgrading to vSphere 6.5
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Important information before upgrading to vSphere 6.5

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Article ID: 343257

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Products

VMware vCenter Server VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article provides important documentation and upgrade information that must be reviewed before upgrading to vSphere 6.5.

Environment

VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.5.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5
VMware vCenter Server 6.5.x

Resolution

Compatibility considerations

  • These products are not compatible with vSphere 6.5 at this time:
     
    • vRealize Infrastructure Navigator
    • Horizon Air Hybrid-Mode
    • vCloud Networking and Security
    • vRealize Hyperic

      Environments with these products should not be upgraded to vSphere 6.5 at this time. This article and the VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes will be updated when a compatible release is available.
       
  • To revert a migration to 6.5 that contains these products see, Reverting a vCenter Server 5.5 or 6.0 to Appliance 6.x migration (2146453)
     
  • To revert a Windows installed vCenter Server upgrade that contains these products, see the Roll Back a vCenter Server Instance on Windows When vCenter Server Upgrade Fails section in the vSphere Upgrade guide.
  • If the vSphere 5.x environment utilizes an embedded vRealize Orchestrator instance, its database will not be migrated. The existing vRealize Orchestrator database will need to be exported or export all workflows and configuration prior to upgrading to vSphere 6.5. For more information, see Export the Orchestrator Database.

Upgrade Considerations

For vCenter Server

Before upgrading your environment to vSphere 6.5, review these critical Knowledge Base articles to ensure a successful upgrade:
 
Notes:

For vCenter Server migration to vCenter Server Appliance considerations

For Platform Services Controller High Availability

Known issues

vCenter Server

Security considerations



Additional Information

VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics for vSphere - FAQ
Licensing ESXi 6.x/7.0.x and vCenter Server 6.x/7.0.x
To be alerted when this document is updated, click the Subscribe to Article link in the Actions box License key requirements for new version of VMware products
Paid product upgrade paths for VMware products
Understanding Feature Accommodation between VMware vSphere 6.0 and 6.5 and vRealize Operations 5.8.x and 6.0.1
How to repoint vCenter Server 6.x between External PSC within a site
Status of TLSv1.1/1.2 Enablement and TLSv1.0 Disablement across VMware products
Devices deprecated and unsupported in ESXi 6.5
Reverting a vCenter Server 5.5 or 6.0 to Appliance 6.x migration
Configuring Platform Service Controller HA in vSphere 6.5
Update sequence for vSphere 6.5 and its compatible VMware products
Managing TLS protocol configuration for vSphere 6.5
vSphere tags missing in vRealize Operations Manager after migrating vSphere 6.0 Windows to 6.5 vCSA
Detect and update duplicate names of Distributed Virtual Switches and Distributed Virtual Portgroups before upgrading vCenter Server
Supported and deprecated topologies for VMware vSphere 6.5
Best practices for upgrading to vCenter Server 6.5
Enabling vCenter Server HA fails with a more than one datastore error
End of Availability and End of Support for FCoE on Intel Network Controllers
"Internal error occurs during Export of vSphere ESX Agent Manager" error when migrating vCenter Server 6.0 to 6.5
vSphere Client (HTML5) and vSphere Web Client 6.5 FAQ
ESXi 6.5 host fails with PSOD: GP Exception 13 in multiple VMM world at VmAnon_AllocVmmPages
vSphere 6.5 へのアップグレードを行う前の重要な情報
Auto Deploy UI is not visible in vSphere Web Client after upgrading to vSphere 6.5
"VM Failover Response" seen erroneously in the virtual machine summary of vSphere Web Client
ESXi 6.5 host fails with a Purple Diagnostic Screen with error: World nnnn tried to re-acquire lock
升级至 vSphere 6.5 之前需要了解的重要信息
Wichtige Informationen vor dem Upgrade auf vSphere 6.5

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