---
title: "How to upgrade VMware Distributed Switch"
date: "2017-06-21T07:00:24Z"
tags: ["Upgrade", "vDS"]
categories: ["Blog & Other", "VMware"]
---

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One of the parts of the upgrade process from vSphere 6.0 to vSphere 6.5 is to upgrade vSphere Distributed Switch.<!--more-->
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# Prerequisites

First and most important prerequisites is to perform a backup of vSphere Distributed Switch. I described the procedure in this blog post <a href="https://www.wojcieh.net/how-to-backup-and-restore-vsphere-distributed-switch/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How to backup and restore vSphere Distributed Switch</a>. The second prerequisite is to create an ephemeral port for vCenter Server. I described it in the following blog Why vCenter Server needs an ephemeral PortGroup? post why it is important to have ephemeral portgroup for vCenter Server.

# How to upgrade VMware Distributed Switch

1. Log in to the vSphere environment.
2. Click on **Networking **and select VMware Distributed Switch you want to upgrade. Please notice highlighted **Upgrades available **notification.<br>
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3. To upgrade vDS click **Actions** / **Upgrade **and finally **Upgrade Distributed Switch**.<br>
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4. On the first screen click next to confirm the upgrade.<br>
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5. vCenter performs compatibility check if connected hosts are compatible. Click next to continue.<br>
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6. On the last screen, we see a summary of steps we did to upgrade VMware Distributed Switch (vDS).<br>
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7. When we click finish vDS is upgraded to version 6.5.<br>
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# Summary

This concludes the process of upgrade VMware Distributed Switch from version 6.0 to version 6.5.

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