topic Re: simplivity interoperability with vcenter version in HPE SimpliVity

simplivity interoperability with vcenter version

Stefano_Colombo — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 08:14:29 GMT

As per the last interoperability guide the latest vcenter version supported for 6.7 is 6.7u3f .

The latest version available from vmware is, for 6.7, 6.7u3I

I heard that simplivity supports versions "inside " the same main release which in this case is 6.7U3, is that correct ?

Can I upgrade vcenter to 6.7U3I ?

thanks

Re: simplivity interoperability with vcenter version

kerrplunk77 — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 11:34:02 GMT

Hi Stephano,

my understanding is no, you must use the specific build version as listed in the Interop Guide.

Re: simplivity interoperability with vcenter version

ICPMuenchen — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 12:07:26 GMT

Hi Stephano,

My understanding is yes you can, and there is also an entry here:
Re: Support for vCenter patch for CVE-2020-3952 - Hewlett Packard Enterprise Community (hpe.com)

We updated to Version 6.7.0 build 17028632 (vCenter Appliance 6.7 Update 3l) some time ago, and we dont have any issues. quite the opposite its more snappier in my opinion and the Simplivity Plugins are loading much faster.

From InterOP Guide:
A customer may upgrade vCenter to an unlisted patch versiononly when the vCenter major and minor versions are already listed in this document. Unlisted major or minor version updates are not supported.oFor example, if vCenter Server 6.5 Update 3e is the latest supported 6.5 version in this document, and VMware releases patch version 6.5 Update 3g to fix a security issue, it is acceptable to upgrade to Update 3g before HPE updates the document.However, if VMware releases a new minor version 6.5 Update 4 and HPE has not yet added Update 4 to this document, a vCenter upgrade to 6.5 Update 4 would not be supported

Cheers

Peter

Re: simplivity interoperability with vcenter version

Stefano_Colombo — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:06:03 GMT

Hello Peter

you're right, I did find the same note later

thanks for your input

Re: simplivity interoperability with vcenter version

pdavisfmnh — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 18:34:15 GMT

This answers a very frustrated ticket I opened with support last night. We need to be on at least 6.7u3g to support Ubuntu 20 template customizations, and couldn't believe that the latest supported version is 9 months old.

Thanks!

Re: simplivity interoperability with vcenter version

Stefano_Colombo — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 18:48:38 GMT

As mentioned you can update to the latest "minor" version , so you can update to 6.7u3g

Re: simplivity interoperability with vcenter version

MWinther — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 12:50:52 GMT

Minor version updating is also risky.
Updating to vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 U3n
Will break vCenter plugin.
Waiting for HPE support to tell me what to do...

Re: simplivity interoperability with vcenter version

ICPMuenchen — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 14:07:11 GMT

We updated our vCenter to the latest 6.7 U3n Patch last week without any issues.

Using Version: 4.1.0.527 of Simplivity vCenter Plugin and Simplivity 4.1.0

Re: simplivity interoperability with vcenter version

kerrplunk77 — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 13:12:26 GMT

@MWinther

What version of SVT do you have installed and is the plug-in installed from that package?

Re: simplivity interoperability with vcenter version

MWinther — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 13:38:11 GMT

4.0 and running the plugin from that version
I will try to download the 4.0.1 version and apply that to vcenter (uninstall 4.0 first)

Re: simplivity interoperability with vcenter version

ICPMuenchen — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 13:48:51 GMT

you dont need to uninstall the vcenter plugin. upgrading also works like a charm.

Re: simplivity interoperability with vcenter version

kerrplunk77 — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 14:03:06 GMT

I would recommend uninstalling previous version of plugin - caused me problems before when I didn't and it's advised in the upgrade guide.

Re: simplivity interoperability with vcenter version

Brian_Galante — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 14:56:16 GMT

Hi Guys,

FWIW, We just updated vcenter (VCSA) to 6.7U3n and everything still works,
including the Simplivity Plugins.

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Re: simplivity interoperability with vcenter version

MWinther — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 18:19:32 GMT

Uninstalled the vCenter 4.0.0 plugin and installed 4.0.1u1 plugin, and then everything works again.
so vCenter 6.7u3n is compatible with 4.0.1u1 but has some issues with 4.0.0 plugin it seems.
Thank you all for all you input.