VMware vSphere
Following are the virtual infrastructure platforms supported by VMware vSphere, with your respective supported versions listed
Virtual Infrastructure | Version |
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Platform | - VMware vSphere 6.X
- VMware vSphere 5.X
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Management Server
| - vCenter Server 7.X
- vCenter Server 6.X
- vCenter Server 5.X
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- Following are the VM specifications and requirements supported by VMware vSphere
VM Specification | Requirement |
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Virtual Hardware | - The Virtual hardware of all types and versions are supported, which includes virtual disks larger than 2 TB and up to recent addition- 62TB VMDK
- VMware does not support snapshotting VMs with disks engaged in SCSI bus sharing, such VMs are not supported by VMware Backup & Replication.
- RDM virtual disks in physical mode, independent disks, and disks connected via in-guest iSCSI initiator are not supported and are skipped from processing automatically.
- Network shares and mount points targeted to 3rd party storage devices are also skipped as these volumes/disks are not visible in the VM configuration file.
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OS | - All VMware-supported operating systems.
- Application-Aware processing support from Microsoft Windows 2003 SP1 and later.
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Software
| - VMware Tools(optional) are required for Application-Aware processing and File-level restore from Microsoft Windows guest OS.
- All latest OS service packs and patches (required for Application-Aware processing)
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