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ESXi 6.7 Compatibility for vRanger

Hey Quest!

How soon (or not) should we expect ESXi 6.7 compatibility with vRanger? Do you guys have an ETA on when to expect a formal announcement?

Thanks!

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rpowell over 6 years ago +1 verified

Hi There,

I confirmed with vRanger product management that we are currently on plan to meet our 90 day SLA for support of new ESXi versions.

In the next couple weeks I expect to have a release date…
Anonymous over 5 years ago in reply to adrian.alba +1 verified

Hello Adrian,

We are expecting to release a new vRanger version by the end of July that will support ESXi 7.6.

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0 adrian.alba over 5 years ago

Any update on the time line for 6.7 support?
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+1 Anonymous over 5 years ago in reply to adrian.alba

Hello Adrian,

We are expecting to release a new vRanger version by the end of July that will support ESXi 7.6.
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0 Anonymous over 5 years ago in reply to Anonymous

Well, no matter it will not meet Your 90 day SLA for support of new ESXi versions, but will support Even ESXi 7.6?
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0 Alexis Castillo over 5 years ago in reply to Anonymous

Hello, we will support ESXi 6.7. The VMware 6.7 release came late April. As Rob mentioned above, the release is set to be by the end of July. Please remember that the developer version of the VDDK 6.7 is not the same as the general availability version, so additional testing and fixing is required.
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0 Anonymous over 5 years ago in reply to Anonymous

July 31st and old version is still out there. 90 day SLA is blown. We are at 105 days now without a supported version. 6.7 was released April 17th.
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0 rpowell over 5 years ago in reply to Anonymous

The Initial 6.7 vddk (basically what we use to access the disks of the VMs) release was on April 17^th 2018. The initial release had some issues that were not addressed until VMware released 6.7.0 EP1 on May 24^th 2018.

https://code.vmware.com/web/sdk/67/vddk

Once our 7.6.6 release went to QA for testing we ran into another issue we considered to be a blocker. We have an open support case with VMware and are awaiting a fix.

If you have already upgraded to ESXi 6.7 or have any other questions in regards to this topic I suggest opening a support ticket and referencing this post, we may be able to provide a solution or work around for issues you may be facing.
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0 gmchale over 5 years ago in reply to rpowell

RPowell - Could you please give us an update since it's been 3 weeks since your last update.

Thank You.
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0 gmchale over 5 years ago in reply to rpowell

RPowell - Could you please give us an update since it's been 3 weeks since your last update.

Thank You.
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0 rpowell over 5 years ago in reply to gmchale

Hi gmchale,

vRanger 7.6.6 went RTM today which means it was released to support for some additional testing. As long as we do not uncover any issues it will go GA and be available for download on September 10th.
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0 gmchale over 5 years ago in reply to rpowell

Hi rpowell,

Thanks for the update, I'm glad to hear the updated release date is only a couple of weeks out.

If you'd be interested in a early adopter\customer tester let me know - I upgraded my vranger to new hardware a couple of months ago, but still have my old hw with vranger 7.6.4 around and could upgrade that old instance (which had data) and backup my 6.7 test lab and some 6.0 if needed, and could even upgrade my dr vsphere env to 6.7 and load a bunch of test vms on it to test backup and restore. If you're interested reach out to me at my username at williams.edu

Thanks
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