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What to do next
You can now install the updated client plug-in. See “Install the SRM Client Plug-In,” on page 25.
Install the SRM Client Plug-In
To install the Site Recovery Manager client plug-in, use a vSphere Client to connect to the vCenter Server at
the protected or
recovery site, then download the plug-in from the server and enable it in the vSphere Client.
When you install the Site Recovery Manager server, The Site Recovery Manager client plug-in becomes
available as a download from the vCenter server that the Site Recovery Manager server installation extends.
You can download, install, and enable the SRM client plug-in on any host where a vSphere Client is installed.
Prerequisites
The Site Recovery Manager server must be installed at the protected and recovery sites.
Procedure
1 Start the vSphere Client and connect to vCenter Server at the protected or recovery site.
2 On the vSphere Client menu bar, click Plugins > Manage Plugins.
3 In the Available Plug-ins area of the Plugin Manager window, right-click the VMware vSphere Site
Recovery plug-in and click Download and Install.
4 After the download completes, click Next on the plug-in installation wizard Welcome page to start the
wizard.
5 Click I accept the terms in the license agreement, and click Next.
6 Click Install.
7 When the installation completes, click Finish.
If the installation replaced any open files, you are prompted to shut down and restart Windows.
Revert to a Previous Release
To revert to a previous release, uninstall the current SRM server release from the protected and recovery sites,
uninstall the SRM plug-in, and restore the SRM database from the backup you made before you updated the
SRM server. You can then install the previous release and use the restored database.
Prerequisites
Before you revert an SRM installation to a previous release, be sure that the current installation of vCenter
supports that release. For information about vCenter releases that support SRM, see the Site Recovery Manager
Compatibility Matrixes, accessible from http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/srm_pubs.html. For
information about reverting a vCenter installation, see the vSphere documentation.
Procedure
1 Uninstall SRM at the protected and recovery sites.
Where sites have been paired, SRM at both sites must be uninstalled. If you uninstall SRM from one
member of a site pair, the database of the remaining member becomes inconsistent.
2 Uninstall the SRM plug-in from any vCenter Clients where it has been installed.
3 Restore the database used by the previous release, following the procedures documented by your database
vendor.
4 Install the previous release of SRM.
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