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Slaskeh
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‎03-22-2015 12:42 PM

Upgrade ESXi 5.1 to 6.0

Hello everyone

I'm looking into upgrading my home ESXi 5.1 to 6.0.

First question: Is it possible to invoke the Upgrade from the vpshere Client without vCenter?

Second question: Is it possible to Upgrade directly from 5.1 to 6.0, no matter how the Upgrade happens, or do you have to go between 5.5?

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tayfundeger
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‎03-22-2015 02:20 PM

Hi,

First question: Yes it is possible.

Second question: Yes you can directly upgrade 5.1 to 6.0.

VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes

How to upgrade ESXi 6.0?

ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.0 upgrade

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vfk
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‎03-22-2015 02:29 PM

If you have other products, make sure they are compatible with vSphere 6.0, for example, Veeam has not released updates to support vSphere 6.0

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Slaskeh
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‎03-22-2015 02:30 PM

Thanks for the reply. I found the Matrix myself few minutes after posting this.

I looked through Your guides (although not being able to read any of it on the account of it being in a Language I don't understand), but maybe I wasn't Clear enough.

You say its possible to Upgrade from 5.1 to 6.0 directly from vsphere, without having to plug a USB drive or a DVD in the server and upgrading from there?

Mind you that this is a non-Commercial License and not a paid License.

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