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Upgrading SRM 6
You can upgrade existing SRM installations. The SRM upgrade process preserves existing information about
SRM configurations.
You must upgrade versions of SRM earlier than 5.0 to SRM 5.0 or 5.0.1 before you can upgrade to SRM 5.5.
IMPORTANT Upgrading vCenter Server directly from 4.1.x to 5.5 is a supported upgrade path. However,
upgrading SRM directly from 4.1.x to 5.5 is not a supported upgrade path. When upgrading a
vCenter Server 4.1.x instance that includes an SRM installation, you must upgrade vCenter Server to version
5.0.x before you upgrade SRM to 5.0 or 5.0.1. If you upgrade vCenter Server from 4.1.x to 5.5 directly, when
you attempt to upgrade SRM from 4.1.x to 5.0 or 5.0.1, the SRM upgrade fails. SRM 5.0.x cannot connect to a
vCenter Server 5.5 instance.
For the supported upgrade paths for other SRM releases, see the release notes for those releases.
Alternatively, see the Solution Upgrade Path section of the VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes at
http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php?.
To revert to SRM 5.0.x or 5.1.x after upgrading to SRM 5.5, see “Revert to a Previous Release of SRM,” on
page 47.
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Information That SRM Upgrade Preserves on page 39
The SRM upgrade procedure preserves information from existing installations.
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Types of Upgrade that SRM Supports on page 40
Upgrading SRM requires that you upgrade vCenter Server. SRM supports different upgrade
configurations.
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Order of Upgrading vSphere and SRM Components on page 40
You must upgrade the components in your vSphere and SRM environment in the correct order.
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Upgrade SRM on page 41
You perform several tasks to upgrade SRM.
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Revert to a Previous Release of SRM on page 47
To revert to a previous release of SRM, you must uninstall SRM from the protected and recovery sites
and uninstall any instances of the SRM client plug-in. You can then reinstall the previous release.
Information That SRM Upgrade Preserves
The SRM upgrade procedure preserves information from existing installations.
SRM preserves settings and configurations that you created for the previous release.
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