| vSphere Replication 8.6.0.2 | 27 JUN 2023 | Build 21880621 | Download Check for additions and updates to these release notes. VMware vSphere Replication 8.6.0.2 is a minor product patch release that provides bug fixes. The content of the VMware vSphere Replication 8.6 Release Notes applies to this version as well. |
What's New
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The vSphere Replication 8.6.0.2 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 8.4.x or 8.5.x to vSphere Replication 8.6.0.x.
Important: Before you initiate an upgrade, verify that the vSphere Replication appliance has an OVF environment, or context. See Checking and Restoring the OVF Context of the vSphere Replication Appliance (2106709).
See Upgrade Additional vSphere Replication Servers and Upgrade the vSphere Replication Appliance for the procedures on upgrading to vSphere Replication 8.6.0.2.
Notes:
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When you use vSphere Replication with Site Recovery Manager, upgrade vSphere Replication on both of the protected and the recovery sites before you upgrade the Site Recovery Manager Server. After upgrading vSphere Replication, you must restart the Site Recovery Manager Server. For more information, see the VMware Site Recovery Manager Documentation.
Resolved Issues
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New - The incremental replication fails with multiple errors on vSAN2
The incremental replication fails with the following errors on the vSAN2 target datastore:
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Prune disks could not remove disk instance (instanceKey=…) (DiskID=…); While completing partial prune -
No connection to VR Server for virtual machine … : Disk size mismatch
The issue is fixed in vSphere Replication 8.6.0.2.
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New - vSphere Replication fails after reading a wire request header that consists of zeroes
When receiving an empty header, vSphere Replication fails with the following error:
“Panic: Assert Failed: 'bufLen > 0'”.The issue is fixed in vSphere Replication 8.6.0.2.
