Version ESXi 5.1 and 4.1

In our environment there are about 40 hosts and VM around 5 or more on each host being configured. around 10 Esxi host 4.1 version is using 5.1 on the rest. Please share the risk and the operational issues that we face. Yet one thing that 4.1 uses alongside our backup.

Hello

vSphere 4.x end of Support by 21/05/2014 and will end in 2016 technical advice according to VMware Lifecycle here: http://www.vmware.com/go/lifecycle

If you create a new virtual machine in ESXi host 5.1 using hardware Version 9 or 8, you will not be able to migrate and turn on the ESXi 4.1 since ESXi 4.x host only material support Version 7, see this KB: KB VMware: ESX/ESXi host and list of versions of compatible hardware virtual machine

If you plan to use vSphere replication, you must upgrade the host of 4.x and 5.x as minimum requirements is 5.x according to KB: KB VMware: vSphere Replication FAQ

If you run other VMware products or 3rd party software/plugins that communicates with vCenter/ESXi, you will need to check the version compatibility.

e.g. VDP/VDR: If you use POS for backup, the minimum version is 5.1 and POS speaks to guests 4.x. So you'll need to keep the version 2 of the backup software, it is just an example

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