vCenter 8 and NSX-T 3.2.4

[Paul Landry]

Hi Gang.  Sorry if this gets posted twice; I thought I had posted this but can't find it.  :?

We're currently on vCenter 7, ESXi 7 and NSX 3.2.4;

We cannot upgrade NSX to 4 because we do not have ESXi Enterprise Plus licenses for our ESXi hosts. (N-VDS is deprecated and requires VDS in NSX4)
Upgrading our licenses is not an option.  You know why.

As we work to move away from NSX, we would like to setup a cluster of ESXi 8 hosts.  This requires vCenter 8.
The compatibility matrix for not say that NSX 3x is not compatible with vCenter 8, just that it's not supported.
The installer similarly doesn't stop me from upgrading to vCenter 8, it just warns me that NSX might break.  :S

My question is:  has anybody upgraded vCenter 7 to 8 with NSX 3.2.x?

Thanks -P

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[Alexandru Capras]

Hi there

I know what you mean...
When it says "not supported", it doesn't necessarily mean "not compatible" or "technically impossible" - it's mostly semantics. It can work... but it's your call if you want to take that risk.

Just keep in mind: "Not supported" means that if something goes wrong and you open a case with Broadcom, they can simply say no support - because the version, upgrade path, or configuration you're using isn't officially validated.

In our case, we're upgrading NSX-T from 3.2 to 4.2, and then vCenter - as per the recommended order in the "Update Sequence for vSphere 8" KB:
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/308161/update-sequence-for-vmware-vsphere-80-an.html

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