esxi 5.5 upgrade from 5.1 iso on vcenter 6.0/vum 6.0 issue

[tdubb123]

I am uploading an esxi 5.5 iso image into a vcenter 6.0/vum 6.0 environ,ent but getting an error

failed to import data

the uploaded upgrade package  cannot be used with vmware vsphere update manager

any idea

same thing with uploading this same image into a vcenter 5.1 environment

[Vinayy07]

Hi,

First of all you cannot upload 5.5 image to 5.1 vcentre environment it is not compatible higher to lower versions.

Coming to main scenario you are trying to upgrade ESXi 5.1 to 5.5 in vcentre 6.0 environment,it will not work.

you can upgrade 5.1 to 5.5 with vcentre 5.5 ,you can upgrade 5.1 to 6.0 directly with vcentre 6.0 environment but you cannot to 5.5.

Better try it from Vcentre 5.5 surely you can upgrade.

[vijayrana968]

Update Manager do not support host upgrade to a version lower than the Update Manager, so, if your Update Manager is version 6, only ISO images of version 6 will be supported.

If you don't have vCenter 5.5/Update manager 5.5, attach esxi 5.5 ISO via iDrec/ILO based on hardware vendor, put host into maintenance mode and perform manual upgrade. Once its upgraded to ESXI 5.5 then you can use ESXI 6.0 image from update manager to update it.

[tdubb123]

can i upload offline bundle to update manager and upgrade 5.1 to 5.5 in vcenter/vum 60? will it give same error?