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Table Of Contents
- vSphere Host Profiles
- Contents
- About vSphere Host Profiles
- Introduction To vSphere Host Profiles
- Using Host Profiles
- Access Host Profiles
- Create a Host Profile
- Attach Entities to a Host Profile
- Detach Entities from a Host Profile
- Check Compliance
- Remediate a Host
- Edit a Host Profile
- Duplicate a Host Profile
- Copy Settings from Host
- Host Profiles and vSphere Auto Deploy
- Import a Host Profile
- Export a Host Profile
- Copy Settings to Host Profile in the vSphere Web Client
- Configuring Host Profiles
- Recommended Host Profiles Upgrade Workflows
- vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.0 to 6.7 With Stateful ESXi Hosts Version 6.0 or Earlier
- vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.5 to 6.7 With Stateful ESXi Hosts Version 6.5 or Earlier
- vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.0 to 6.7 in Environment With Stateless ESXi 6.0 Hosts Only
- vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.5 to 6.7 in Environment With Stateless ESXi 6.5 Hosts Only
- Answer File Field and Host Profile Extraction
- Troubleshooting Host Profiles
Recommended Host Profiles
Upgrade Workflows 4
Each workflow is the recommended upgrade path while upgrading your vCenter Server 6.0 and 6.5
environment, that contains one or more host profiles with version 5.5, 6.0 and 6.5.
Upgrade Support Matrix
When you upgrade your vCenter Server from version 6.0 or 6.5 to version 6.7, you can keep your current
ESXi host version and Host Profiles version. For other upgrade workflows, see the Upgrade Support
Matrix.
Table 4‑1. Upgrade Support Matrix
Upgrade Workflow vCenter Server ESXi host Host Profiles
earlier than 5.5 -> 5.5 / 6.0 / 6.5
-> 6.7
Requires an upgrade Requires an upgrade Requires an upgrade
5.5 -> 6.7 Requires an upgrade Requires an upgrade Requires an upgrade
6.0 -> 6.7 Requires an upgrade An optional upgrade An optional upgrade
6.5 -> 6.7 Requires an upgrade An optional upgrade An optional upgrade
This chapter includes the following topics:
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vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.0 to 6.7 With Stateful ESXi Hosts Version 6.0 or Earlier
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vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.5 to 6.7 With Stateful ESXi Hosts Version 6.5 or Earlier
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vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.0 to 6.7 in Environment With Stateless ESXi 6.0 Hosts Only
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vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.5 to 6.7 in Environment With Stateless ESXi 6.5 Hosts Only
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Answer File Field and Host Profile Extraction
vCenter Server Upgrade from 6.0 to 6.7 With Stateful
ESXi Hosts Version 6.0 or Earlier
Use the upgrade workflows to resolve version compliance errors when upgrading vCenter Server with
version 6.0 to version 6.7.
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