Upgrading vSphere in an NSX Environment

If you want to upgrade both NSX Data Center for vSphere and vSphere, complete the NSX Data Center for vSphere upgrade first, and then complete the vSphere upgrade.

Check the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix to verify which versions of vSphere and ESXi are compatible with your NSX Data Center for vSphere installation. See http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.php.

See the appropriate version of the vSphere documentation for detailed instructions on upgrading vSphere, including the vSphere Upgrade Guide and the Installing and Administering VMware vSphere Update Manager Guide.

When you upgrade ESXi on a host, you must also install new NSX VIBs on the host to be compatible with the new ESXi version. NSX Data Center for vSphere workloads cannot run on the upgraded host until the NSX VIBs are updated.