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What versions of ESXi does vCenter support?

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What versions of ESXi does vCenter support?

VMware vCenter 7 can manage the following versions of ESXi: ESXi 6.5, ESXi 6.7, and ESXi 7.0. Hosts running ESXi 6.0 cannot be managed by vCenter 7.

What versions of ESXi does vCenter 6.5 support?

vCenter Server 6.5 can manage ESXi version 5.5 or 6.0 hosts in the same cluster with ESXi 6.5 hostsvCenter Server 6.5 cannot manage ESXi 5.1 or earlier hosts.

How do I check my vCenter ESXi version?

Via the vSphere Web Client

  1. Log into the VMware vSphere Web Client.
  2. Select a host. Home à Hosts and Clusters à Datacenter à Cluster à Host.
  3. Select Summary tab.
  4. Find the Configuration box (likely somewhere at the bottom right of screen)
  5. “ESX/ESXi Version” will tell you the version and build number.

Can ESXi version be higher than vCenter?

Upgrading the hypervisor includes these known issues or limitations: If you use vCenter to manage your Edge virtual machines, the vCenter version must be equal to or higher than the version of ESXi running on the Edge. For ESXi 6.0, you need vCenter 6.0 or later.

Can vCenter 6.7 Manage 7.0 hosts?

VMware vCenter 7.0 can manage ESXi 7.0, ESXi 6.7 and ESXi 6.5, but vCenter 6.7 cannot manage ESXi 7.0 hosts. Thus, you have to upgrade vCenter first and then go to ESXi upgrade if you want to upgrade vSphere 6.7 to 7.0.

Can vCenter 6.7 Manage ESXi 6?

Yes, that will work fine vCenter 6.7 can easily manage ESXi 6.0. As for the vMotion that will work fine if you have servers with same gen of the processors. In the case there are different you can enable EVC mode.

Can vCenter 6.7 Manage ESXi 7?

What is the latest version of vCenter?

vCenter

Developer(s) VMware, Inc.
Stable release 7.0 Update 2 (build 17694817) / March 9, 2021
Operating system Windows Server (latest version supported: 6.7U2); VMware ESXi
Platform 32-bit (discontinued in 4.1U2), 64-bit
Website www.vmware.com/products/vcenter-server.html

How do I find vCenter version and build number?

Determining the build number of vCenter Server using the vSphere Client

  1. Log in to the vSphere Client.
  2. Select the vCenter Server.
  3. Click the Summary tab.
  4. The build is located under the Version Information section.

Can vCenter 6.7 Manage 5.5 hosts?

Yes – but your hosts will not run 6.7 ESXi and you cannot install VCSA 6.7 to manage ESXi 5.5 hosts, so you have no choice but to either be limited to 6.5 or buy new hardware.

Does vCenter 6.7 support ESXi 6.0 hosts?

Can vcenter be installed and configured with esxi hosts running 6.0 and 6.7. We need to manage the hosts as well as use vmotion. Yes and it will work fine.

What version of ESXi does vCenter 6.7 support?

vCenter 6.7 connect ESXi 5.5.

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