VMware New Releases including vSphere 6.0 and Horizon View 6.1


Today was a busy day for VMware! In the midst of all the noise and chatter, it's easy to get overwhelmed with all the new information. Below is a compiled list of useful KB articles for vSphere 6.0, including upgrade and installation documents, as well as other new product release notes not to be overlooked. Enjoy!


vSphere Prereqs
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Important Information before upgrading to vSphere 6.0 (2110293)
Update sequence for vSphere 6.0 and its compatible VMware products (2109760)
List of recommended topologies for vSphere 6.0.x (2108548)

vCenter Installation
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Installing vCenter Server 6.0 best practices (2107948)
Installing VMware vCenter Server 6.0 with an embedded Platform Services Controller on a Windows machine (2108799)
Installing VMware vCenter Server 6.0 with an external Platform Services Controller on a Windows machine (2108802)
Uninstalling vCenter Server 6.0.x resets the embedded VMware Postgres database (2108547)

vCenter Upgrade
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Upgrading to vCenter Server 6.0 best practices (2109772)
Upgrading to vCenter Server 6.0 without migrating SQL database to vPostgres (2109321)
Upgrading to VMware vCenter Server 6.0 with an embedded Platform Services Controller from vCenter Server 5.5 installed using the simple install method (2109559)
Upgrading VMware vCenter Single Sign-on 5.5 to a VMware vCenter Server 6.0 Platform Services Controller 6.0 (2109560)
Upgrading VMware vCenter Server 5.5 to vCenter Server 6.0 with an external Platrfom Services Controller (2109562)

ESXi Installation
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Best practices to install or upgrade to VMware ESXi 6.0 (2109712)
Methods of installing ESXi 6.0 (2109708)

ESXi Upgrade
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Methods for upgrading to ESXi 6.0 (2109711)

Maintenance
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Recovering from a failed upgrade of vCenter Server 5.1 or 5.5 to 6.0 (2108938)
Back up and restore the embedded PostgreSQL database (2091961)
How to backup and restore vCenter Server 6.0 external deployment models (2110294)

Release Notes
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VMware vCenter Server 6.0

VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0

VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon 6.1.0

VMware vRealize Automation 6.2.1

VMware vRealize Orchestrator 6.0.1

vRealize Business Advanced\Enterprise 8.2.1

vRealize Business Standard 6.1.0

vRealize Code Stream 1.1.0

vRealize Infrastructure Navigator 5.8.4

vRealize Operations Manager 5.8.5

VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.5.4

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 6.0

VMware Virtual SAN 6.0

VMware vSphere Data Protection 6.0

VMware vSphere Replication 6.0

vCenter Host Gateway 6.0

VMware Integrated OpenStack v1.0

VMware Update Manager 6.0

vSphere Update Manager PowerCLI 6.0

VMware View 6.1

VMware Horizon Client for Windows 3.3

VMware Workspace Portal 2.1.1

VMware App Volumes 2.6

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