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vCenter is only central management... du you want to upgrade only vCenter or also you ESXi host?
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vCenter is only central management... du you want to upgrade only vCenter or also you ESXi host?

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Do you also want to migrate to another host, or do an inplace upgrade on the same hardware?<br />
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Are the VMs stored on local disks in the host?
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Do you also want to migrate to another host, or do an inplace upgrade on the same hardware?

Are the VMs stored on local disks in the host?

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host is standalone and vms are on local storage, want to move to a host in a vcenter environment with shared storage. The host the vms are on currently is being retired. &nbsp;I can't add that host to new vcenter because its 6.7 and host is 5.5
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host is standalone and vms are on local storage, want to move to a host in a vcenter environment with shared storage. The host the vms are on currently is being retired.  I can't add that host to new vcenter because its 6.7 and host is 5.5

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Correct, 6.7 cannot manage 5.5.<br />
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But you can still export and import VMs, from 5.5 to 6.7.<br />
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and also use VMware Converter, even if it's standalone.
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Correct, 6.7 cannot manage 5.5.

But you can still export and import VMs, from 5.5 to 6.7.

and also use VMware Converter, even if it's standalone.

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how much impact does the v2v conversion have?
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how much impact does the v2v conversion have?

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impact on what ?<br />
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The Universe ?
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lol, well we always need to know that.. service impact. &nbsp;Will there be any interruptions
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lol, well we always need to know that.. service impact.  Will there be any interruptions

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oh yes, it's an offline, manual VM move.<br />
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So there will be downtime!
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oh yes, it's an offline, manual VM move.

So there will be downtime!

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trying to migrate some vms on old 5.5 hosts to new vcenter 6.7. &nbsp;I was using Veeam quick migration but i have a host that is running 5.5 free hypervisor, so veeam won't work on it. &nbsp;Is there a minimal impact way I can migrate these?
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trying to migrate some vms on old 5.5 hosts to new vcenter 6.7.  I was using Veeam quick migration but i have a host that is running 5.5 free hypervisor, so veeam won't work on it.  Is there a minimal impact way I can migrate these?

Esxi 5.5 to 6.7 vcenter issue

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