Upgrading to vCenter Server 5 with a View 4.6 server on a ESXi 4.1 host

[Wasisnt]

We have all ESX and ESXi 4.1 hosts and just got a new ESXi 5 host. Now we need to upgrade vCetner server to version 5 to be able to manage the new host. I know vCenter 5 will manage 4.1 hosts but is there anything I need to watch out for when it comes to the host that holds the View VMs or the View 4.6 server VM itself?

[mittim12 · Accepted solution]

According to the comapbility matrix View 4.6 is not supported running on vSphere or vCenter 5.

http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php

[Wasisnt]

Good call on looking at the compatability matrix. I guess we will have to upgrade to View 5 before upgrading to vCenter 5. Is that a straight upgrade or is it more involved?

[mittim12]

I have always found the View upgrades to be pretty straightt forward.

[Wasisnt]

Have you done a 4.x to a 5.x? And did everything work afterwards or did you have to do some tweaking?

[mittim12]

I've upgraded from version 2 all the way to 5.0 and never experienced any problems.  I think if you read all the upgrade documentation and follow backup procedures you will be fine.     

[Wasisnt]

It sounds like it should be pretty simple. I just contacted Teradici about our Apex 2800 server offload card so hopefully there are no issues with that and we should be good to go. Thanks for the help!