Hi Great video, thanks! What are the considerations that we have to take, in order to make the upgrade as smooth as possible?. I mean, the lifecycle manager service, the features that are active as HA,DRS,EVC, vSAN etc. None of these features or configurations are affected by the upgrade?
Go trough known issues; make sure your hardware is compatible; upgrade drivers and firmware; have backups; make a plan; make a rollback plan; hire a consulting partner with knowledge and experience. These are the things on top of my head
hi Vikash, nice video. small question, if you have a vcenter 7 with 5 esxi with vsan storage, you can also update it in the same way. or has another update method? thanks Madimak
Good afternoon Vikash, is there possibility to perform VCSA upgrade ( from version 7 to version 8 ), if the VCSA is installed in VMWare Workstation 17 envornment ( not in ESXi ) ? Thank you for your advice...
It is Linux so I think you should be able to put something together, but at that point you are on your own. Move is to ESXi a.s.a.p. and avoid these kinds of setups :)
Clean not too long to the point, thumbs up from me 👍
Great coverage with good detail. Are you planning to do one on upgrading the ESXi servers via Lifecycle controller?
Thnx and noted! Time is in short supply, I’ll do my best to
Excellent video
Hi Great video, thanks!
What are the considerations that we have to take, in order to make the upgrade as smooth as possible?. I mean, the lifecycle manager service, the features that are active as HA,DRS,EVC, vSAN etc. None of these features or configurations are affected by the upgrade?
Go trough known issues; make sure your hardware is compatible; upgrade drivers and firmware; have backups; make a plan; make a rollback plan; hire a consulting partner with knowledge and experience. These are the things on top of my head
Great video. Do you also have a video on upgrading vSphere 7.03 to 8.02 when running a cluster of 7.03 ESXi hosts? That would be helpful
Good to know. Added to my list of todo videos
hi Vikash, nice video.
small question, if you have a vcenter 7 with 5 esxi with vsan storage, you can also update it in the same way. or has another update method?
thanks Madimak
In general yes, check the vmware docs for the correct steps. Backups are key
Silly question, but which order should we do the upgrade vCenter then vSphere or vSphere then vCenter?
Start with vCenter as that will be backwards compatible with ESXi
Very Good! Tanks!
What can i do if the license is missing? it's possible to upgrade and then add the v8 license?
You need a valid license when the upgrade is finished
Good afternoon Vikash, is there possibility to perform VCSA upgrade ( from version 7 to version 8 ), if the VCSA is installed in VMWare Workstation 17 envornment ( not in ESXi ) ? Thank you for your advice...
It is Linux so I think you should be able to put something together, but at that point you are on your own. Move is to ESXi a.s.a.p. and avoid these kinds of setups :)
@@vikash-tech-wizardyes, second lab is based on ESXi8, but I want to save the previous one as well..., regards