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Can we downgrade vmfs from 6 to 5 for newly installed ESXi 6.5?

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Now I'm going to deploy ESXi 6.5 on server as newly installation.

Can I downgrade vmfs from 6 to 5 and how?

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If yes, is there any document for installing ESXi 6.5 and create datastore on it?

Please refer the link  for create datastore on esxi 6.5- Create a VMFS Datastore

Installing ESXi 6.5

https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2016/11/vmware-esxi-65-install-step-step/

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hussainbte
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vmfs versions can only be upgraded.. its no possible to downgrade vmfs version from 6 to 5... or 5 to 3 for that matter

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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.

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Thank you guys,

So, newly install ESXi 6.5 comes with vmfs 6, correct?

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?

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Yusuke

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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.

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For newly installed ESXi 6.5, we can create a vmfs 5 datastore?

If yes, is there any document for installing ESXi 6.5 and create datastore on it?

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If yes, is there any document for installing ESXi 6.5 and create datastore on it?

Please refer the link  for create datastore on esxi 6.5- Create a VMFS Datastore

Installing ESXi 6.5

https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2016/11/vmware-esxi-65-install-step-step/

Regards,

Randhir

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