vCenter VMTools Compatibility

[rvieira]

Hello,

   I have a question in regards to updating the VMTools on our VMs. We have upgraded to vCenter 6.0 currently and all the VMs have the upgrade available to them. However, I have not done it cause our DR Site is still running esxi 5.5 and vCenter 5.5. If I upgrade to the latest VMTools will this cause issues if we need to bring up our DR Site? I know I need to keep the VM Hardware at the lower Compatibility but wasn't sure on the vmware tools.

Thanks

  Rich Vieira

[rvieira]

OK I did check here and looks like as long as I am vCenter 5.5 I should be good. VMware Product Interoperability Matrixe‌s   I might just test this to ensure before I start upgrading them all.

[rcporto · Accepted solution]

VMware Tools offers forward and backward compatibility with vSphere ESXi hosts, see: Is a VMware Tools Upgrade Required When Upgrading vSphere? - VMware vSphere Blog

[rvieira]

Thank you that was what I thought