Migrating from 5.1 to 7.0

[petritpreteni]

Hello Everybody.

I have a system on 5.1 with 3x ESXi and 20 virtual machines attached from a SAN. I want to create a new system on 7.0 with new licence for it with same configuration as a old one on new servers. The old servers want be used any more as ESX-s.

What are the best practices.

Can vm-s  be upgraded from version 9 to 17.

Thank you.

[NicolasAlauzet · Accepted solution]

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I did some research and it looks that esxi 7 can run version 9 VM. (VMware Knowledge Base )

What I would do if I were you, since there is a new platform, do a testing of the process. Create a test VM in your 5.1 and then move it to your new platform, perform hw update and tools update and see how it goes.

Cheers

N

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[Ajay1988]

At present VMware only supports 6.5 and later.

So better install/deploy a VCSA 7.0 directly as you have only 3 ESXi's .

Make sure to check all the hardware for support on 7.0 . VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search

ESXi upgrade path ESXi 5.1 > 6.0 U2 > 6.5/6.7 > 7.0 . Quite a long one .

Simultaneously update the VM hardware versions to the ESXi versions to which you upgrade .

[scott28tt]

Moderator: Thread moved to the vSphere Upgrade & Install area.

[nachogonzalez]

First of all, please make sure your hardware/firmware versions support esxi 7.0

Warm regards