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    <title>topic Re: Can we downgrade vmfs from 6 to 5 for newly installed ESXi 6.5? in vSphere Upgrade &amp; Install Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;And, for that matter, you cannot even upgrade VMFS-5 to VMFS-6. You must format new datastores as VMFS-6 and perform migrations. So if in doubt, deploy VMFS-5 so you have compatibility with the entire 6.x version tree.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 13:09:34 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>daphnissov</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2018-01-15T13:09:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Can we downgrade vmfs from 6 to 5 for newly installed ESXi 6.5?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Can-we-downgrade-vmfs-from-6-to-5-for-newly-installed-ESXi-6-5/m-p/2213770#M25717</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi experts,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Now I'm going to deploy ESXi 6.5 on server as newly installation.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can I downgrade vmfs from 6 to 5 and how?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 10:40:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>yyoshina</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-01-15T10:40:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Can we downgrade vmfs from 6 to 5 for newly installed ESXi 6.5?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Can-we-downgrade-vmfs-from-6-to-5-for-newly-installed-ESXi-6-5/m-p/2213771#M25718</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;vmfs versions can only be upgraded.. its no possible to downgrade vmfs version from 6 to 5... or 5 to 3 for that matter&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 11:58:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>hussainbte</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-01-15T11:58:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Can we downgrade vmfs from 6 to 5 for newly installed ESXi 6.5?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Can-we-downgrade-vmfs-from-6-to-5-for-newly-installed-ESXi-6-5/m-p/2213772#M25719</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;And, for that matter, you cannot even upgrade VMFS-5 to VMFS-6. You must format new datastores as VMFS-6 and perform migrations. So if in doubt, deploy VMFS-5 so you have compatibility with the entire 6.x version tree.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 13:09:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Can-we-downgrade-vmfs-from-6-to-5-for-newly-installed-ESXi-6-5/m-p/2213772#M25719</guid>
      <dc:creator>daphnissov</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-01-15T13:09:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Can we downgrade vmfs from 6 to 5 for newly installed ESXi 6.5?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Can-we-downgrade-vmfs-from-6-to-5-for-newly-installed-ESXi-6-5/m-p/2213773#M25720</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thank you guys,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So, newly install ESXi 6.5 comes with vmfs 6, correct?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Only way to use vmfs 5 with ESXi 6.5 is; upgrade existing ESXi 5(with vmfs 5) to 6.5 and not perform migrate vmfs?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Yusuke&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 02:15:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Can-we-downgrade-vmfs-from-6-to-5-for-newly-installed-ESXi-6-5/m-p/2213773#M25720</guid>
      <dc:creator>yyoshina</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-01-16T02:15:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Can we downgrade vmfs from 6 to 5 for newly installed ESXi 6.5?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Can-we-downgrade-vmfs-from-6-to-5-for-newly-installed-ESXi-6-5/m-p/2213774#M25721</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;When you install ESXi 6.5 it doesn't "come with" anything. You have to manually create a datastore. The default option is VMFS-5 and you'd have to select 6. So you can choose either VMFS version with ESXi 6.5.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 02:18:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Can-we-downgrade-vmfs-from-6-to-5-for-newly-installed-ESXi-6-5/m-p/2213774#M25721</guid>
      <dc:creator>daphnissov</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-01-16T02:18:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Can we downgrade vmfs from 6 to 5 for newly installed ESXi 6.5?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Can-we-downgrade-vmfs-from-6-to-5-for-newly-installed-ESXi-6-5/m-p/2213775#M25722</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;For newly installed ESXi 6.5, we can create a vmfs 5 datastore?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If yes, is there any document for installing ESXi 6.5 and create datastore on it?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 06:27:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>yyoshina</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-01-16T06:27:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Can we downgrade vmfs from 6 to 5 for newly installed ESXi 6.5?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Can-we-downgrade-vmfs-from-6-to-5-for-newly-installed-ESXi-6-5/m-p/2213776#M25723</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;If yes, is there any document for installing ESXi 6.5 and create datastore on it?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Please refer the link&amp;nbsp; for create datastore on esxi 6.5- &lt;A href="https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-5AC611E0-7CEB-4604-A03C-F600B1BA2D23.html" title="https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-5AC611E0-7CEB-4604-A03C-F600B1BA2D23.html"&gt;Create a VMFS Datastore&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Installing ESXi 6.5&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2016/11/vmware-esxi-65-install-step-step/" title="https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2016/11/vmware-esxi-65-install-step-step/"&gt;https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2016/11/vmware-esxi-65-install-step-step/&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Randhir&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you found my answers useful please consider marking them as Correct OR Helpful&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 06:46:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/Can-we-downgrade-vmfs-from-6-to-5-for-newly-installed-ESXi-6-5/m-p/2213776#M25723</guid>
      <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-01-16T06:46:16Z</dc:date>
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