Hello. I have task to update a Essentials cluster for 3 2 socket servers. The R720's (corrected) support VSphere 6.5 so that is my goal, since 6.7 is not officially supported.
In starting we are freeing up one host in cluster as it only houses test vm's.
We run the vsphere virtual applicance
It is my understanding I first need to upgrade VSPhere to 6.0 or 6.5 as it can mange down to 5.5
After that I was going to do a fresh install fo 6.5 on the free 2 socket server and then migrate vm's over to it and then upgrade the other 2 servers, one at a time, coying VM's from the 5.5 to the 6.5 host.
Is there a problem with my upgrading vsphere from 5.5 to 6.5 or should I goto 6.0 first?
We backup all our vm's using Unittrends . I will of course backup the vpshere vm appliance before attempting any of this.
Any thing I need to be aware of before trying this? I will be checking Dell for a Dell specific install of VSPhere 6.0 and 6.5 just in case before I start.
Regards,
Lou