The goal of this chapter is to help you to understand, plan, and execute the process of upgrading your core vSphere infrastructure to VMware vSphere 6.7. The core includes your ESXi hypervisor, vCenter Server, and the vCenter Server's components. The upgrade of the third-layer products that leverage the core vSphere infrastructure, such as vRealize Automation, NSX, and VMware Horizon View, are not covered in this chapter as they are beyond the scope and purpose of this book.
Let me introduce you to the core infrastructure components that will be upgraded:
- VMware vCenter Server: The viability of an upgrade or the need for a new build will depend on the current version of vCenter and the supported upgrade path.
- vCenter Inventory Service: This is no longer a separate service in vCenter 6.5/6.7.
- vSphere Web Client: The Web Client...