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saxman8837
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‎08-30-2017 10:15 AM

HPE Custom Image for ESXi 5.5.0 U3b GA

HP C7000 enclosure

I have 4 new GL 460C Gen9 blades to install.

My current environment contains 3 GL 460C Gen8 blades with VMware ESXi, 5.5.0, 2403361 installed.

The plan is to swap out the Gen8 blades for the Gen9.

I plan on installing blade # 4 then migrating all vm's to Host 2,3, 4 then shutting down host #1, then firing up one of the other new Gen9 blades in the place of Host #1 give it the same identity as Host #1.

Then rebalance the load back onto host 1,3,4 moving all VM's to other Host and continue until all are replaced.

Here is my question: VCenter and the current host are at 5.5.0 U2D,  what I have to install on the Blade's OS is HPE Custom Image for ESXi 5.5.0 U3b GA.

Is ESXi 5.5.0 U3b compatible with my current VCenter and host?

I wanted to pose this question to VMware Tech Support, but I find Phone Tech Support lacking! No matter how many times I place a support call, they always seem to call me while I'm driving home.

Thanks

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a_p_
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Leadership
‎08-31-2017 05:20 AM

Is ESXi 5.5.0 U3b compatible with my current VCenter and host?

I'd suggest you bookmark the following links for this and future update.

VMware Product Interoperability Matrices

VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search

According to the HCL the Gen9 hosts are supported for ESXi 5.5 U3. However, the first step is to update vCenter Server (see Interop Matrix), so that the new hosts can connect to it.

André

As a side note: HPE Support document - HPE Support Center may be important for you.

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