Veeam and VMWare 5.5.0

[jorgene]

Hi,

I'm pretty new with VMware. Only worked with Veeam and Hyper-V before.

Now we have a new Customer with VMware VCenter 5.5.0 (Build: 2183111).
ESXi hosts are 5.5.0, 2143827.

Now, are the above versions affected by this nasty CBT issues that exists?
Do i dare use CBT on the above version or should they be patched before i start Schedule backup jobs with CBT enabled?
If they need to be patched can someone provide me with a link to the stable build i should use?

[TrevorBell]

Hi,

With your vmware subscription you should be able to view the updates at www.vmware.com

When i was on 5.5.0 it was pretty solid upto the latest revision see the cheart below

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2143838

Thanks

Trev

[jorgene]

So do i need to update or not?

[Regnor]

The Version is affected by the CBT bug. You should patch the environment and reset CBT for all VMs.
vSphere 5.5 will go End off general support this year, so I would upgrade to 6.0 or 6.5.

[jorgene]

Ok, Thx for the Info.

If going from 5.5.0, what is the recommended most stable VMware version to jump into? 6.0 or 6.5?