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Downgrade ESXi 6.0 to ESXi 5.5 possible ? If so what are the precautions to be taken ?

ESXi host is in 6.0 which hosting the Vcenter VM , Database VM , PSC VM .
But all those vms are in 5.5 version . Is this is an issue if so what are the effects of that .
If not Can I downgrade ESXi host ?
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Thanks for your answer but here I need to confirm whether I have to downgrade the ESXi host but that's fine to go like this ?

As I was not running any vmotion or other network related stuff ... I am not sure Incase I may hit issue in future.
There is no downgrade option, you will need to re-install 5.5 on the host, if that's the version you require.

If you have an ESXi 6.0 host, it will support VMs from 5.0, 5.1 and 5.5 and earlier there is NO requirement to downgrade your host to support earlier VMs.

The virtual machine hardware is compatible and will support your VMs, if that's the question.

I hope that answers your question better.
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