Esxi4 Esxi5 vcenter

[markmyers]

Can vcenter5  work to control esxi4,1 and the new vdr on esxi4. or do i have to upgrade the esxi to 5

Ty Mark

[vmroyale]

Hello.

vCenter Server 5 can manage ESX/ESXi 4.1 and some ESX/ESXi 4.0 hosts. VMware Data Recovery 2.0 will only work with ESXi 5. Check the Product Interoperability Matrix for more info.

Good Luck!

[markmyers]

Thank ypo for the help. I did go to the matrix. I am still unclear about one thing. The vcenter appliance is not listed. this appliance will run both versions correct? also do you know what type of failure happens upon running vdr appliance on 4.1

Ty Mark

[arturka · Accepted solution]

The vcenter appliance is not listed. this appliance will run both versions correct?

Hi

Do you wanna go for vCenter appliance ? Are you aware that appliance doesn't has this same features like standard vCenter installed on Windows ?

http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/08/10/vcenter-appliance/

Cheers
Artur

Please, don't forget the awarding points for "helpful" and/or "correct" answers.

[markmyers]

Aurthur

Ty for pointing out the limitations. The place i considering is a smb. the limitations would not be a issue. the question dtill remains is this appliance backwards compatible to esxi 4.1

Ty Mark

[arturka]

Hi

I couldn't find exact answer for your question but I found this sentence :

For VMware vCenter Server Appliance installation, see the vSphere Installation and Setup publication. The vCenter Sever Appliance is supported only on ESX/ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 andESXi 5.0

If it can run on ESX 4.x I assumes that it can support those versions

Cheers
Artur

Please, don't forget the awarding points for "helpful" and/or "correct" answers.

[markmyers]

Aurther / vmroyal

Thanks for the help. I have so many 4.1 systems out there. I will never have the time to upgrade to 5 but was hoping to mix the 2.

Have a great weekend

Mark