Each workflow is the recommended upgrade path while upgrading your vCenter Server 6.5, 6.7 and 7.0 environment, that contains one or more host profiles with version 6.5, 6.7 and 7.0.
Upgrade Support Matrix
When you upgrade your
vCenter Server from version 6.7 or 7.0 to version 8.0, you can keep your current
ESXi host version and host profiles version. To ensure the best possible performance, when you upgrade the
ESXi host, also upgrade the host profile. The host profile version must match the
ESXi host version.
Note:
vCenter Server instances and
ESXi hosts of versions 6.5 or earlier are not supported in
vCenter Server 8.0. You can use the
Recommended Host Profiles Upgrade Workflows in the
vSphere Host Profiles 6.7 guide as intermediate upgrade steps.
Upgrade Workflow | vCenter Server | ESXi host | Host Profiles |
---|---|---|---|
earlier than 6.5 → 7.0
Note: You must first upgrade your
vCenter Server and
ESXi hosts to versions 6.5 or 6.7. You can use the
Recommended Host Profiles Upgrade Workflows in the
vSphere Host Profiles 6.7 guide as intermediate upgrade steps.
|
Requires an upgrade | Requires an upgrade | Requires an upgrade |
6.5 → 7.0 | Requires an upgrade | An optional upgrade | An optional upgrade |
6.7 → 7.0 | Requires an upgrade | An optional upgrade | An optional upgrade |
6.5/6.7/7.0 → 7.0 Update 3
Note: If you want to validate or edit a 7.0 GA host profile, you might need to keep an
ESXi host of version 7.0 GA.
|
Requires an upgrade | An optional upgrade | An optional upgrade |
6.5 → 8.0
Note: You must first upgrade your
vCenter Server and
ESXi hosts to versions 6.7 or 7.0. You can use the
Recommended Host Profiles Upgrade Workflows in the
vSphere Host Profiles 7.0 guide as intermediate upgrade steps.
|
Requires an upgrade | Requires an upgrade | Requires an upgrade |
6.7/7.0 → 8.0 | Requires an upgrade | An optional upgrade | An optional upgrade |
vCenter Server and ESXi Version Interoperability
Starting with vSphere 7.0 Update 3, a major-version vCenter Server instance supports any ESXi Update release version of the corresponding major release. That is, a vCenter Server 8.0 instance can manage ESXi 6.7, ESXi 7.0, ESXi 8.0, and any Update release of ESXi 8.0.
For more information about vCenter Server and ESXi Version Interoperability, you can refer to the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix.