ZERTO FIELD NOTICE FTN-20180709: END OF SUPPORT FOR VMWARE VSPHERE 4.1 AND VMWARE VCLOUD DIRECTOR 5.1-5.6.5 IN NEXT RELEASE OF ZERTO VIRTUAL REPLICATION

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ZERTO FIELD NOTICE FTN-20180709: END OF SUPPORT FOR VMWARE VSPHERE 4.1 AND VMWARE VCLOUD DIRECTOR 5.1-5.6.5 IN NEXT RELEASE OF ZERTO VIRTUAL REPLICATION

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Notice

Date: 7/9/2018

Field Technical Notice: FTN-20180709

ZVR Versions Affected:

6.5 and onward

Description

The next release of Zerto Virtual Replication does not support the following releases from VMware:

VMware vCenter 4.1 and VMware ESX/ESXi release 4.1
VMware vCloud Director 5.1-5.6.5

The above releases continue to be supported on ZVR release 5.5 and 6.0 as described in the Zerto Interoperability Matrix.

Background

The above releases are on VMware’s unsupported product list as outlined in this VMware Knowledge Base article: https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/support/product-lifecycle-matrix.pdf.

Solution Details

Prior to upgrading or installing the next release of ZVR, please upgrade to a supported release from VMware. The Zerto document Upgrading Zerto Virtual Replication has guidelines for upgrading VMware components.