I am uploading an esxi 5.5 iso image into a vcenter 6.0/vum 6.0 environ,ent but getting an error
failed to import data
the uploaded upgrade package cannot be used with vmware vsphere update manager
any idea
same thing with uploading this same image into a vcenter 5.1 environment
Hi,
First of all you cannot upload 5.5 image to 5.1 vcentre environment it is not compatible higher to lower versions.
Coming to main scenario you are trying to upgrade ESXi 5.1 to 5.5 in vcentre 6.0 environment,it will not work.
you can upgrade 5.1 to 5.5 with vcentre 5.5 ,you can upgrade 5.1 to 6.0 directly with vcentre 6.0 environment but you cannot to 5.5.
Better try it from Vcentre 5.5 surely you can upgrade.
Update Manager do not support host upgrade to a version lower than the Update Manager, so, if your Update Manager is version 6, only ISO images of version 6 will be supported.
If you don't have vCenter 5.5/Update manager 5.5, attach esxi 5.5 ISO via iDrec/ILO based on hardware vendor, put host into maintenance mode and perform manual upgrade. Once its upgraded to ESXI 5.5 then you can use ESXI 6.0 image from update manager to update it.
can i upload offline bundle to update manager and upgrade 5.1 to 5.5 in vcenter/vum 60? will it give same error?