Actually one the first backup vendor to have vSphere 6 compatibility is Symantec, but also Veeam is working on it and others will follow in the next weeks/months. Of course new version of VMware VDP (that now include also VDP Advanced) fully support the new 6.0. This apply also for backup solutions: if you are using traditional approach with an agent inside each VM probably nothing is affects, but if you probably are using a native backup solution (or something that use the VMware VADP API). So check it before and plan careful your migration or upgrade. It’s not the same and a compatibility for 5.5 does not imply also a compatibility for 6.0 (or vice versa). To be honest this new version got a very long beta period and validation so I will expect very few new issues compared on what was happened with version 5.1, but of course you have to read the Release Notes and check the VMware KB web site.Īnother point is that each version has it’s own compatibility list, both for hardware (HCL) AND also for software components. So make sense first start using it on a dev/test environment or wait some months to see first feedbacks and also first issues. But it’s maturity may be not the same of the previous versions. The main consideration is that each new product (does not matter that is a major or a minor release) bring new features, new code and so potentially maybe also new bugs.
The new VMware vSphere 6.0 has so much interesting new features and scalability properties that make interesting for each new environment, but also for existing customers (with an active subscription, so that you can also upgrade your 5.x license keys).īut like each new version you have to make some consideration first and especially before starting the upgrade procedure, so be sure to start from the vSphere Upgrade Center, the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix, the VMware Compatibility Guide, but also read the following notes. This post is also available in: Italian Reading Time: 7 minutes
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