5.5 Update support

Post by **mplep** » Mar 13, 2014 8:46 am this post

Hi. We need to roll-out the newly released 5.5 Update 1 ASAP as it contains a critical bugfix we need. I'm firstly checking with vendors whether it's supported or not. We are running Veeam Backup and Replication 7.0.0.771.

Thanks..

Post by **foggy** » Mar 13, 2014 8:57 am this post

This is a standard question each time some vSphere update is released. Please review similar discussion for previous vSphere version for some considerations regarding vSphere updates support. We are updating our own labs with 5.5 Update 1 next week.

CaptainFred · Post by **CaptainFred** » Mar 13, 2014 2:58 pm this post

I also have the same issue - please can you update this thread once it's supported? Thanks

Post by **Gostev** » Mar 13, 2014 3:57 pm this post

@CaptainFred as I've already explained in the topic linked by foggy, we do not perform dedicated testing of vSphere update releases, because they are nothing but collection of existing ESXi patches built into the new vSphere build. If some specific patch introduces any issues, we (and VMware) hear about this from customers very quickly right after the patch is released. VMware then rolls all proven patches into the following update, so there is no need from our side to test the update. Thanks!

CaptainFred · Post by **CaptainFred** » Mar 13, 2014 4:31 pm this post

Ok well I can't test this myself (as much as I would like to) on our Production environment so guess I'll have to wait and see if anyone else posts about it.

Post by **Gostev** » Mar 13, 2014 9:50 pm this post

Good idea not to jump the gun with upgrades regardless.

Rascii · Post by **Rascii** » Mar 14, 2014 7:36 pm this post

I upgraded our vCenter server yesterday and ESXi hosts today to 5.5.0 U1 and the Veeam Backups are working (version 7.0.0.839), but when I went to browse the Virtual Machines menu to make a ZIP backup of vCenter none of the VM's show up under either host. I have a third host that was not upgraded and is not managed by vCenter and the VM's do show up there. As long as my backups are working I'm fine waiting for Veeam to test U1 and release a patch if needed. Veeam support is great.

Post by **foggy** » Mar 16, 2014 8:41 pm this post

Thanks for pointing that out, we will keep an eye on this while updating our labs soon.

bearflatfish · Post by **bearflatfish** » Mar 17, 2014 7:23 am this post

Dear Gostev,

I've found that VMware vCenter server 5.5u1 has supported traditional Chinese.
But the Enterprise manager of Veeam B&R seems unrecognized these changes.
So that enterprise manager shows "No" vCenter server.
I've also check the reporting database, and it shows the version of vCenter as "5.5.0.e vCenter Server 5.5.0 組建版本-1623101".
I thought that might be the root cause for showing no vcenter server.

Regards,
Joe

Post by **Vitaliy S.** » Mar 17, 2014 12:00 pm this post

Hi Joe,

Yes, most likely this is the reason for the issue. BTW, do you have this vCenter Server in the backup console?

Thanks!

Post by **athome** » Mar 17, 2014 1:29 pm this post

Hi!

Does Veeam B&R 7R2 support 5.5 Update1? and is there any considerations regarding backup of VMs on VSAN vs traditional Shared Storage or local-disk in ESXi?

A

Post by **foggy** » Mar 17, 2014 1:34 pm this post

Anders, please see above for 5.5 Update 1 support.

Regarding VSAN, it is not currently supported, we are planning to release full support for it in approximately 2 months.

Post by **athome** » Mar 17, 2014 7:37 pm this post

foggy wrote:
Regarding VSAN, it is not currently supported, we are planning to release full support for it in approximately 2 months.

Thank you... looking forward to it

Rascii · Post by **Rascii** » Mar 17, 2014 7:58 pm this post

foggy wrote:Thanks for pointing that out, we will keep an eye on this while updating our labs soon.

HP released a critical update for a NIC driver with ESXi (CUSTOMER ADVISORY ) so I vMotioned each server and applied the updates. After the reboots everything looks fine in Veeam. My HP Insight Management Tab mysteriously showed back up in my vSphere Client. Oddly it never disappeared from the Web Client, but now it's back in the vSphere client again? All is well. The ZIP was successful. Must have been a simple reboot?

bearflatfish · Mar 18, 2014 9:18 am

Hi Vitaliy S.,

Yes, backup console shows the vCenter correctly.

Regards,
Joe

Post by **Vitaliy S.** » Mar 18, 2014 10:27 am this post

Ok, you can create a separate thread to discuss it or contact our technical team for further collection session logs review.

Post by **foggy** » Mar 20, 2014 12:37 pm this post

Rascii wrote:I upgraded our vCenter server yesterday and ESXi hosts today to 5.5.0 U1 and the Veeam Backups are working (version 7.0.0.839), but when I went to browse the Virtual Machines menu to make a ZIP backup of vCenter none of the VM's show up under either host. I have a third host that was not upgraded and is not managed by vCenter and the VM's do show up there. As long as my backups are working I'm fine waiting for Veeam to test U1 and release a patch if needed. Veeam support is great.

We weren't able to reproduce this after upgrading hosts in our lab, so I recommend contacting support for closer investigation.

Rascii · Post by **Rascii** » Mar 21, 2014 7:12 pm this post

foggy wrote: We weren't able to reproduce this after upgrading hosts in our lab, so I recommend contacting support for closer investigation.

I responded to this later that everything showed up and was fine after reboots so I'm good. Thanks.

Rascii wrote: HP released a critical update for a NIC driver with ESXi (CUSTOMER ADVISORY ) so I vMotioned each server and applied the updates. After the reboots everything looks fine in Veeam. My HP Insight Management Tab mysteriously showed back up in my vSphere Client. Oddly it never disappeared from the Web Client, but now it's back in the vSphere client again? All is well. The ZIP was successful. Must have been a simple reboot?

CaptainFred · Post by **CaptainFred** » Mar 22, 2014 1:34 pm this post

So is this looking ok so far? Desperate to apply it because of a fix that stops PSOD problem!

Mar 22, 2014 5:05 pm

we have now multiple clusters running the 5.5U1, no problems so far.

Post by **foggy** » Mar 22, 2014 8:38 pm this post

Rascii wrote:I responded to this later that everything showed up and was fine after reboots so I'm good. Thanks.

Oh, must have missed that fact! Glad you're ok now, thanks for clarifying.

CaptainFred · Post by **CaptainFred** » Mar 24, 2014 11:48 am this post

emachabert wrote:we have now multiple clusters running the 5.5U1, no problems so far.

Are you running backup and replication jobs? What type of storage?

Thanks

Post by **emachabert** » Mar 24, 2014 9:23 pm this post

Backup jobs only.
FC storage arrays , mainly 3Par 7x00 and EMC VNX2.

CaptainFred · Post by **CaptainFred** » Mar 25, 2014 12:57 pm this post

emachabert wrote:Backup jobs only.
FC storage arrays , mainly 3Par 7x00 and EMC VNX2.

Ok thanks, anyone running replication to/from vSphere 5.5 U1?

itfnb · Post by **itfnb** » Mar 26, 2014 1:58 pm this post

Yep. 32 VMs for DR and all is well thus far.

CaptainFred · Post by **CaptainFred** » Mar 26, 2014 2:34 pm this post

Cool

Thanks, 5.5 U1 at production and DR?

Post by **tinto1970** » Mar 28, 2014 4:21 pm this post

Hi, i'm running Veeam 7.0.0.833 and i was thinking about to update my vSphere clusters to the lastest build.

Is it ok with it or it's wise to wait for a new Veeam patch including support/testing with 5.5 update1?

Thanks

Post by **veremin** » Mar 28, 2014 4:30 pm this post

Hi, Alessandro,

Please, see the answers provided above for more information regarding VB&R support of vSphere 5.5 Update 1.

Thanks.

CaptainFred · Post by **CaptainFred** » Mar 28, 2014 4:40 pm this post

I'm confused about this, is Veeam confirming support for vSphere 5.5 Update 1 as it's basically a patch release?

Post by **foggy** » Mar 28, 2014 7:43 pm this post

Correct. In any case, by now we have upgraded our own QC lab to vSphere 5.5 Update 1 and have seen no issues, just like everybody else in this thread. Thanks!

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