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vSphere 8 compatibility

  • 2 February 2024
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I see ESXi 8.0 U1a “Vendor” was recently added to the compatibility matrix for HPE DX360 Gen 10 for AOS 6.7.1 and 6.7.1.5

 

Does this also imply that vCenter 8 is compatible with Prism (stand alone) ?

When I talked to support last year they suggested holding off on upgrading vCenter.

 

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Best answer by JeroenTielen 3 February 2024, 08:51

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I would recommend taking a look at the vSphere Administration guide as it points out a few specifics that you will want to know about running vSphere 8.   

https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=vSphere-Admin6-AOS-v6_7:vsp-esxi-support-vsphere-c.html

As far as vCenter is concerned, we follow the VMWare compatibility matrix, so if ESXi 8 is supported than vCenter 8 is also supported.

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My LCM shows Current Version as 6.5.4.5 and Available version as 6.5.5.1

I also have Foundation Platform currently 2.14 with available version as 2.14.1

 

The Upgrade Paths chart seems to indicate that that I could go directly from 6.5.4.5 to 6.7.1.5

Nutanix Support & Insights

The only other component below the recommended version is NCC at 4.6.5.2

 

Do you know if once I update Foundation Platform that LCM will give me the option to go directly to AOS 6.7.1.5?

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LCM won’t automatically give you the option to upgrade from an LTS release (6.5) to an STS release (6.7). But you can download the 6.7.1.5 LCM Bundle at Nutanix Support & Insights and upload that file to LCM via the Direct Upload method to get rolling with the upgrade.

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Keep in mind that you are switching from a LTS to STS release then. So more LCM is required to be on a supported version: Long Term vs Short Term Support Releases, LTS vs STS

 

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I missed that it was an STS release.  I’ll keep waiting for the LTS.