Upgrade VMware vCenter 5.1 to VMware vCenter 5.5

VMware vSphere 5.5 Upgrade

In this tutorial I guide you through how to upgrade an existing VMware vSphere 5.1 environment to VMware vSphere 5.5.

We run through upgrading:

• Single Sign On
• Inventory Service
• vCenter Server
• Web Client
• vSphere Client
• Update Manager
• ESXi host

VMware vSphere 5.5 Upgrade Part 1. SSO and Inventory Service

VMware vSphere 5.5 Upgrade Part 2. vCenter Server, Web Client, Upgrade Manager and ESXi

References:

VMware – vSphere 5.5 Documentation

VMware – vSphere 5.5 Licensing

VMware – Product Interoperability Matrixes

Disclaimer:
All the tutorials included on this site are performed in a lab environment to simulate a real world production scenario. As everything is done to provide the most accurate steps to date, we take no responsibility if you implement any of these steps in a production environment.