We had some communication issues this past weekend and our Windows team did not upgrade vCenter 5.1 Update 1 to Update 2. While, my team upgraded some of our ESXI 5.1 GA hosts to Update 2 to fix some bugs. The hosts are still in maintenance mode.
We have heard vCenter must always be a higher version than the hosts. Yet VMware compatibility matrix states that vCenter 5.1 Update 1 can manage ESXi 5.1 Update 2.
We use DRS, HA and 1 FT vm. We have Distributed switch and Standard switches.
Will we have issues? Which statement is correct. vCenter must always be a higher version, or the matrix?