Important information before upgrading to vSphere 6.0
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Important information before upgrading to vSphere 6.0

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Article ID: 343488

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Products

VMware VMware Aria Suite VMware Cloud Director VMware Live Recovery VMware NSX Networking VMware vCenter Server VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information that are important before upgrading to vSphere 6.0.


Environment

VMware vRealize Log Insight 2.5.x
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.0.x
VMware vRealize Application Services 6.2.x
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 6.0.x
VMware vCenter Update Manager 6.0.x
VMware NSX for vSphere 6.1.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0
VMware vCloud Connector 2.7.x
VMware NSX for vSphere 6.2.x
VMware vRealize Hyperic 5.8.4
VMware vRealize Business Standard 6.x
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.x
VMware vRealize Automation 6.2.x
VMware vSphere Data Protection 6.0.x
VMware vCenter Server 6.0.x
VMware Cloud Director 5.5.x
VMware vSphere Replication 6.0.x
VMware vRealize Orchestrator 6.0.x
VMware NSX for vSphere 6.3.x

Resolution

Compatibility considerations

vSphere 6.0:
Note: VMware vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) is a legacy product and is not compatible with vSphere 6.0.

Upgrade considerations

Before upgrading your environment to vSphere 6.0, review these critical Knowledge Base articles to ensure a successful upgrade.
For vCenter Server (Windows):
For vCenter Server Appliance:
For vSphere Client:
For ESXi:
For vCenter Support Assistant:
For vRealize Automation:
For vRealize Operations Manager and vCenter Operations Manager:
For vSAN:

For NSX for vSphere 6.x

Database considerations

For customers who are using SQL Express and wish to upgrade to vCenter Server 6.0 while retaining their SQL database, see these articles:
Customers who forgot migrating their SQL Express to an external SQL Server are automatically migrated to VMware Postgres as their vCenter Server's database management engine.

Important: If you need to uninstall vCenter Server with embedded VMware Postgres, see:

Backup and Restore Considerations

Backup/Restore for vCenter Server and the vCenter Server Appliance deployments that use an external Platform Services Controller:

Prior to implementing vSphere 6.0, review this article for important information on backup and restore for vCenter Server and the vCenter Server Appliance deployments that use an external Platform Services Controller:

Managing Certificates

Starting with vSphere 6.0, the VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA) provisions vCenter Server components and ESXi hosts with certificates by default. Understanding the components and concepts of certificate management helps you make good decisions. For more information, see:



Additional Information

Upgrading vCenter Server fails with the error: DSN is pointing to an unsupported ODBC driver or unsupported database driver
Migrating the vCenter Server database from SQL Express to full SQL Server
Paid product upgrade paths for VMware products
Migrating to a new SSO or recovering from a reinstallation of SSO in vRA
Uninstalling vCenter Server 6.0.x resets the embedded VMware Postgres database
List of recommended topologies for VMware vSphere 6.0
Understanding Feature Accommodation between VMware vSphere 6.0 and 6.5 and vRealize Operations 5.8.x and 6.0.1
Upgrading to vCenter Server 6.0 without migrating SQL database to vPostgres
Unable to edit a tenant created in vRA with the vCenter 5.5 SSO after upgrading from vCenter SSO 5.5 to PSC (Platform Services Controller) 6.0 (Windows-based SSO only)
Update sequence for vSphere 6.0 and its compatible VMware products
Upgrading to vCenter Server 6.0 best practices
The Overview sub-tab in the Performance tab view is no longer available in the VMware vSphere Client 6.0.x
After upgrading to vSphere 6.0 virtual machine Storage Profiles management is no longer available in the vSphere Client 6.0
List of features not available in VMware vSphere Client 6.0.x
Installing or upgrading vCenter Server Appliance to vSphere 6.0 fails with the error: Error while configuring vSphere Auto Deploy Waiter firstboot
Upgrading the vCenter Server Appliance to vSphere 6.0 with embedded Postgres fails on starting VMware vCenter Server
Backing up and restoring vCenter Server 6.0 external deployment models
Unable to find the vCenter Server 6.0 Appliance OVA, OVF, ZIP, or VMDK files on the VMware download page
Supportability of upgrading from vSphere 6.0 pre-release versions to the vSphere 6.0 General Availability version
Upgrading to Windows vCenter Server 6.0 causes python.exe to fail
Replacing default certificates with CA signed SSL certificates in vSphere 6.x
The vSphere Web Client 6.0 displays an internal error after upgrading to vSphere 6.0 in a pre-5.8.5 vRealize Operations Manager environment
In VMware vCenter Server 6.0 the vSphere Client displays Revert to Current Snapshot as enabled when there are no snapshots on the virtual machines
Installing or Upgrading to vCenter Server 6.0 fails with the error: Incompatible MSSQL version with vCenter Server 6.0
The vSphere Web Client 6.0 displays an internal error after upgrading to vSphere 6.0 when using vCenter Support Assistant 5.5 or any third party solutions
"No host data available" reported in Hardware status tab
Upgrading from VMware vSphere 5.5 EP06 or 5.5 P04 to vSphere 6.0 GA can cause VMware vSAN Data Unavailability
升级至 vSphere 6.0 之前需要了解的重要信息
vSphere 6.0 へのアップグレードを行う前の重要な情報
Backing up the virtual machine fails when CBT is enabled
"Unable to connect to MKS" error in vSphere Web Client
Upgrading from vCenter Server Appliance 5.x to 6.0 fails with no specific error
Error: "You do not have permissions to view this object or this object does not exist" in vSphere Web Client
Upgrading from vSphere 5.x to vSphere 6.0 Best Practices
Informações importantes antes de atualizar para o vSphere 6.0
Información importante antes de actualizar a vSphere 6.0
Wichtige Informationen vor dem Upgrade auf vSphere 6.0

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