Upgrading vCenter 5.1 to 5.5?

joemysterio

Sorry if this is a dumb or obvious question. I've tried doing some searching but haven't come up with the answer yet.

So, I have access to dreamspark, and dreamspark has vSphere and vCloud 5.5 but vCenter is 5.1. I tried email their customer support to ask if vCenter really is 5.1 or a typo that hasn't been updated yet, but after some exchange of emails, they still haven't answered my question. Instead they keep telling me to go to my course mentor (WGU).

Anyway, my question.. in case it IS 5.1, can I upgrade it to 5.5 and is it a free or pay update?


Thanks
Joe

darkerosxx

Upgrading vCenter from 5.1 to 5.5 requires a license upgrade, which is not free.

gkca

darkerosxx wrote: »

Upgrading vCenter from 5.1 to 5.5 requires a license upgrade, which is not free.

It's free as long as you have an active maintenance agreement and upgrade to the same edition (i.e standard to standard or essentials to essentials, etc).

darkerosxx

Lol, that's totally correct. I guess I was thinking upgrading editions, sorry for misinformation!

EV42TMAN

If you have the vCenter license from WGU you can use it with 5.5. You just have to sign up for a vCenter trial at VMware to get the latest installer. The key is only good for a year though.

joemysterio

Oh, right on! Thanks for the help everyone!

shezy77

As everyone else said.. It should be okay..

vCenter license key is for 5.x version which means you shld be able to to upgrade fine.