| VMware vSphere Replication 8.5.0.5 | 16 AUG 2022 | Build 20268794 | Download Check for additions and updates to these release notes. VMware vSphere Replication 8.5.0.5 is a minor product patch release that provides important security fixes. The content of the VMware vSphere Replication 8.5 Release Notes and all following 8.5.0.x patch release notes applies to this version as well. |
What's in the Release Notes
These release notes cover the following topics:
What's New
- The vSphere Replication 8.5.0.5 Express Patch provides bug fixes.
Installation and Upgrade
For the supported upgrade paths for vSphere Replication, select Upgrade Path and VMware vSphere Replication in the VMware Product Interoperability Matrices.
You use the ISO file and the VRMS Appliance Management Interface to upgrade from vSphere Replication 8.3.x or 8.4.x to vSphere Replication 8.5.0.x.
If you are running vSphere Replication 8.5, upgrade to vSphere Replication 8.5.0.5. See Upgrading vSphere Replication in the VMware vSphere Replication Administration 8.5 for instructions about upgrading vSphere Replication.
If you use vSphere Replication with Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.x, upgrade the vSphere Replication appliance to version 8.5.0.5. See the Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.5 Release Notes for information about Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.5.
Note: If you are upgrading from vSphere Replication 8.3.x, you must configure a password for the admin account. See Step 12 of the procedure in Upgrade vSphere Replication Appliance.
Resolved Issues
- NEW vSphere Replication appliance runs out of space on the heap dump partition
When you execute a Site Recovery Manager test failover, the vSphere Replication appliance runs out of space on the heap dump partition.
This issue is resolved in vSphere Replication 8.5.0.5.
