When Will SimpliVity Support vSphere 8?

[alg204]

Hi!
I feel like I've seen a similar post like this somewhat recently but can't find. So, apologies if this is the nth time this question has been asked. 

When will SimpliVity support vSphere 8? We're about to start an engagement to add nodes and think it's a great opportunity to do vsphere 8. We don't want to do the engagement with 7 and then find out a few weeks later that 8 is supported. 

I've asked our contacts in sales and even the deployment project manager. Answers have ranged from spring/summer to not sure / no real answer. 

Any insight is appreciated!

Thanks

[support_s]

System recommended content:

1. SimpliVity OmniCube for vSphere Client Administrator Guide (Release 3.0.8, Rev B)

2. HPE Simplivity - Deployment Fails at Step 7 "ERR_DPLY_HYPERVISOR_VERSION_NOT_FOUND"

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[Kipp_Glover · Accepted solution]

Good day Alg204!

Support for ESXi 8 is on the SimpliVity roadmap for the 2H of 2023.

Cheers!
/Kipp

[alg204]

Thanks!

[AndreaAlfa]

Good day! 

any news about this support?

thx!

[Sanika]

Hi  AndreaAlfa,

As per the current documentation, only vSphere 7.0 is supported by HPE SimpliVity.

Support for vSphere 8 is currently in the process of testing and will be announced by the end of 2023.

There is no official update on the exact date of the same.

Regards,
Sanika

[Anders22]

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@Sanika wrote:

Support for vSphere 8 is currently in the process of testing and will be announced by the end of 2023.

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@Sanika Any news on this, or was there an announcement i missed?

[Chris_Web]

As per SImplivity support and Simplivity Product management, the new release (v5) will be available end of March 2024.

[Chris_Web]

Unfortunately we are aleady in 2024 and still no availability of Simplivity v5

[B0ris]

Still no sound about v8 support. It is very difficult to sell Simplivity to the customers, since support for VMware updates are very slow.

[s-]

Hi @B0ris 

Simplivity v5.0 has already been released which include VMware 8.0.

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=a00117319en_us&docLocale=en_US

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Jaipal

[gustenar]

Please see this topic posted a few days ago: 
https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-simplivity/simplivity-omnistack-5-0-0-is-now-available/td-p/7210556 

[Sanika]

HPE SimpliVity version 5.0.0 is released now and it supports vSphere 8 along with vSphere 7.x.

For more information about upgrading, refer the below doc "HPE OmniStack 5.0.0 for vSphere Upgrade Guide.
https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=dp00003642en_us&docLocale=en_US

Regards,
Sanika.

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