vSphere 6 - vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 to 6.0 upgrade

[MikeErter]

Hi vSphere community,

If you upgrade your vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 to 6.0, are the ESXi 5.5 Hosts able to connect to it and be managed by it?

Or does the upgrade to 6.0 of the vCSA require that the ESXi Hosts also be upgraded to 6 in order to be connected to it?

Thanks!

[npadmani]

ESXi 5.5 will be managed by vCSA 6.0 without issues.

it's the other way round if you try to do, won't work, like you upgrade one of the ESXi host from 5.5 to 6.0 and try to manage it with vCenter 5.5 won't work.

[akblpatel]

Hi,

Yes, we can connect and manage ESXi 5.5 through vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 without any issue and if you are facing any issue please provide detailed error message..

[keshavkant]

Hi,

As the others already stated, you'll be fine with Vcenter 6.0 and Esxi 5.5.

Regards

Keshav

[IBM_India]

hi

yes you can use your ESXi5.5 with VC 6, there are no issue

It is not require to update your ESX5.5 but it would be good if you do, its not mandatory