08-29-2013 04:50 AM
Hi all!
VMware announcement new version of vSphere: ESXi 5.5 and vCenter 5.5.
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/vsphere/VMware-vSphere-Datasheet.pdf
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware-vSphere-Platform-Whats-New.pdf
Does anyone know can we expect support for ESXi 5.5 and vCenter 5.5 in this year?
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11-19-2013 12:36 AM
08-29-2013 05:00 AM
Unfortunately there is no public eta at this time. Symantec has prioritized platform support, so you could expect it soon.
08-29-2013 05:06 AM
Sorry, but I am a bit sceptic. Why should Symantec Backup Exec support vSphere 5.5 soon, as you know that the support for vSphere 5.1 took more then a year ?
I hope 5.5 will be supoprted much sooner than it did with vSphere 5.1....
08-29-2013 05:20 AM
Symantec waiting for an official letter from VMvare?
Information on the official website of the product is not enough?
See "Technical Information": http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/
Realy non official information:
I hope the Symantec Backup EXEC team has already begun testing?
09-24-2013 06:25 AM
10-02-2013 01:32 PM
How about now?
10-08-2013 04:58 PM
Backup Exec 2012 SP2 runs succesfully with vsphere 5.5, but official not supported !!!
Official Support are planed for the First Quarter of 2014.
I've installed vsphere 5.5.0 - 1312299 + VMware Tools for Windows version 9.4 and vmware backups
running fine.
At this Moment i've been testing for customer situation like CASO Function and GRT-Backups.
10-08-2013 06:01 PM
I am surprised that you are using an unsupported configuration at a customer site. If there is any problems, who is going to solve them? You? It is definitely not going to be Symantec.
10-09-2013 12:30 AM
You have misunderstood me there. It is not used in a productive customer environment. It is a pure test environment.
10-09-2013 01:21 AM
What is the purpose of the test? You certainly can't use an unsupported configuration.
10-09-2013 01:46 AM
Official Support are planed for the First Quarter of 2014.
Please don't speculate about timelines. This is not an official statement.
10-09-2013 02:11 AM
Official Support are planed for the First Quarter of 2014.
Please don't speculate about timelines. This is not an official statement.
thats why i describe this as "planed" !
10-09-2013 02:28 AM
...so where did you come up with the official planned support date? I've seen nothing on the forums at all from anybody from Symantec...just a "watch this space".
Thanks!
10-17-2013 05:41 AM
Unofficially the support for vSphere 5.5 will certainly be 2 years after the product is available to general public.
Symantec is now a big machine that dont care much about being on top of the game.
and , when this is released, you will need to wait another 1 year for fix issues to get resolved ( that will be a "beta" of course).
Conclusion, you should take a guest and upgrade vsPhere right now and test a backup&restore. I have a case open with them since 4-5 months ago. They are playing ping pong game with VMware.
10-17-2013 09:05 PM
Well I just had a go at calling Symantec support to get a clear-cut answer to a very simple question - is vSphere 5.5 supported by BEWS 2010 R3? After being bounced around 3 people and hung up on, the second time I called they wouldn't even put me through to anyone who could look this up, for what is a purely presales question.
At this juncture, it's a toss-up as to whose support line is more painful to deal with - Symantec or IBM?
10-22-2013 08:35 AM
I am also running vSphere 5.5 and BackupExec 2012 SP2. The backups run fine, but every time a VM is backed up, the VM console can no longer be opened. After the backup attempting to open the console gives the error "Unable to connect to the MKS: The operation is not allowed in the current state". Do you experience this also? The only way to get around this that I have found was either shutting the VM down and turn it back on again; or vMotion it to a different host.
11-15-2013 10:42 AM
I just speak with a symantec tech support and there is no release date for backup exec 2012 compatibility with vsphere 5.5
11-16-2013 09:00 AM
Though there is no official date announced yet, the registrations for Beta of BE 2012 R2 are open.
https://symbeta.symantec.com/callout/?callid=082D2918EC924087AA1F7FB1AE66B8E6
This would support VMWare 5.5 and installation of BE 2012 as a media server on Server 2012 Operating System.
As for BE 2010 R3 supporting VMWare 5.5 we (Tech Support) don't have information if this would be done or not.
11-19-2013 12:36 AM
11-19-2013 11:38 AM
Finally. Thank you.