Recently VMWare has announced vSphere 6.5 product suite GA (General availability). There are tones of new features included in new version of vSphere 6.5 suite, Here I will be testing one of the inbuilt new feature vSphere HTML5 web client first, Although for earlier version this was separate ova appliance provided and had to install it manually (In this chapter I will be just upgrading my existing vSphere 6.0 environment.
Installation steps are almost as same as earlier version. Whenever you update vSphere suite, vCenter Server should be upgraded first then update manager, third upgrade Esxi server.Before starting upgrade I strongly recommend backup vCenter SQL server data, if possible have snapshot for vCenter server. I will be using my same Windows vCenter 6.0 virtual machine vm to upgrade to latest 6.5 version, To start with I have already registered and downloaded required ISO files from I have attached ISO to VM CD/DVD drive. And launched setup installer from DVD drive, It will automatically detect existing vCenter version installed and will be guide upgrade.
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The upgrade is a 2 stage process that includes: Deploying the new VCSA 6.5 virtual appliance; Copying the configuration from VCSA 6.0 to the new VCSA 6.5; Once the configuration has been copied, the existing VCSA is shut down and the new VCSA 6.5 takes on the same IP address. VMware VCSA 6.5 Pre-Requisites. Ensure your VMware ESXi hosts are on. Nov 22, 2016 How to Upgrade Windows based vCenter Server 6.0 to vCenter 6.5 (In-Place). VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 upgrade to VCSA 6.5 - Duration. How to update your ESXi 6.0 host the easy way.
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