Before upgrading to vSphere 5.1 it is important to check your existing hardware, firmware levels, drivers, vSphere versions, other VMware products that integrates and third party software if it is compatible with vSphere 5.1. Here is a list of third party software and it’s support for vSphere 5.1 .
| Software | Version | vSphere 5.1 Support | Comment |
| Veeam Backup & Replication | 6.5 | yes | |
| CommVault | 9 SP8 | yes | 3 extra SP8 post patches needed |
| PHDVB | 6.1 | yes | |
| Trilead Explorer | 4.1.010 | yes | |
| Quest vRanger Backup & Replication | 6 | no | |
| Trend Micro Deep Security | 8 SP2 | yes | *4 |
| NetApp Virtual Storage Console | 4.1 | yes | Including SnapManger for Virtual Infrastructure (SMVI) |
| Symantec NetBackup | 7.5.0.4 | yes | *3 |
| Symantec Backup Exec | 2010 2012 |
no | Beta for Backup Exec 2010 R3 SP3 and Backup Exec 2012 SP2*2 |
| HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter server | 7.1 | yes | |
| EMC NetWorker | 8.0 SP1 | Yes | |
| Citrix VDI-in-a-Box | 5.2 | Yes | |
| Citrix XenDesktop | 5.6 | No | *1 |
| IBM Tivoli Storage Manager | 6.4 | Yes |
*1 Citrix XenDesktop and Provisioning Services support for vSphere can be found here: Link
*2 More information can be found here: Link
*3 More information: Link
*4 Trend Micro Deep Security vSphere support: Link
If other third party software vendors have support for vSphere 5.1 please let me know so I could add them to the list.
Last Updated:
February 2 2013, Added Trend Micro Deep Security support link
Hi,
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.4 is offering support for vSphere 5.1
Regards
Andi
Hi,
I think any third backup software supports version 5.1 , because VMware has some problems with VDDK
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2039931
All software backup, working with these APIs so I think we still are not stable