vmware-tools backwards compatible? 3.5 and 3.5 U4 hosts

[nshreders]

I've got 10 ESX host servers that were base 3.5 install, I am putting Update 4 on one or two hosts at a time. I will be VMotioning guests around (2 of the 10 are empty for now). My question is, when I VMotion over and update vmware-tools on the guests, are there any caveats I need to be aware of?

I know I can test this out myself in the short term, but there may be instances where a guest with updated vmware-tools will need to be moved back onto a pre-U4 host and sit there for 48-72 hours and it's a production environment.

[SuryaVMware · Accepted solution]

Yes they are backward compatable. You can migrate the VM to a host which is not U4 after upgrading vmware tools to U4 release.

-Surya

[Troy_Clavell]

as Surya said, you should have no issues using vmotion between your 3.5.x Hosts. Your guest tools should always be the last part of your upgrade process.