6.1
Table Of Contents
- Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration
- Contents
- About VMware Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration
- Updated Information
- Overview of VMware Site Recovery Manager
- Site Recovery Manager System Requirements
- Creating the Site Recovery Manager Database
- Site Recovery Manager Authentication
- Creating SSL/TLS Server Endpoint Certificates for Site Recovery Manager
- Installing Site Recovery Manager
- Site Recovery Manager and vCenter Server Deployment Models
- Site Recovery Manager in a Two-Site Topology with One vCenter Server Instance per Platform Services Controller
- Site Recovery Manager in a Two-Site Topology with Multiple vCenter Server Instances per Platform Services Controller
- Site Recovery Manager in a Single Site Topology with a Shared Platform Services Controller
- Prerequisites and Best Practices for Site Recovery Manager Server Installation
- Install Site Recovery Manager Server
- Connect the Site Recovery Manager Server Instances on the Protected and Recovery Sites
- Establish a Client Connection to the Remote Site Recovery Manager Server Instance
- Install the Site Recovery Manager License Key
- Site Recovery Manager Server Does Not Start
- Unregister an Incompatible Version of vSphere Replication
- Site Recovery Manager and vCenter Server Deployment Models
- Modifying and Uninstalling Site Recovery Manager
- Modify a Site Recovery Manager Server Installation
- Reconfigure the Connection Between Sites
- Break the Site Pairing and Connect to a New Remote Site
- Repair a Site Recovery Manager Server Installation
- Rename a Site Recovery Manager Site
- Uninstall Site Recovery Manager
- Uninstall and Reinstall the Same Version of Site Recovery Manager
- Upgrading Site Recovery Manager
- Information That Site Recovery Manager Upgrade Preserves
- Types of Upgrade that Site Recovery Manager Supports
- Upgrade Site Recovery Manager
- Order of Upgrading vSphere and Site Recovery Manager Components
- Prerequisites and Best Practices for Site Recovery Manager Upgrade
- In-Place Upgrade of Site Recovery Manager Server
- Upgrade Site Recovery Manager Server with Migration
- Configure and Verify the Upgraded Site Recovery Manager Installation
- Revert to a Previous Release of Site Recovery Manager
- Installing Site Recovery Manager to Use with a Shared Recovery Site
- Shared Recovery Sites and vCenter Server Deployment Models
- Limitations of Using Site Recovery Manager in Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Site Recovery Manager Licenses in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Install Site Recovery Manager In a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Use vSphere Replication in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Install Site Recovery Manager Server on Multiple Protected Sites to Use with a Shared Recovery Site
- Install Multiple Site Recovery Manager Server Instances on a Shared Recovery Site
- Connect the Site Recovery Manager Sites in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Use Array-Based Replication in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Configure Placeholders and Mappings in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Upgrade Site Recovery Manager in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Index
Upgrading Site Recovery Manager 8
You can upgrade existing Site Recovery Manager installations. The Site Recovery Manager upgrade process
preserves existing information about Site Recovery Manager configurations.
Because of update release schedules, upgrading to certain Site Recovery Manager 6.1.x update releases is not
supported for all 6.0.x releases. For information about supported upgrade paths, see Upgrade Path >
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager in the VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes at
http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php? before you upgrade.
IMPORTANT Upgrading from Site Recovery Manager 5.x to Site Recovery Manager 6.1 is not supported.
Upgrade Site Recovery Manager 5.x to a Site Recovery Manager 6.0.x release before you upgrade to
Site Recovery Manager 6.1. See Upgrading Site Recovery Manager in the Site Recovery Manager 6.0
documentation for information about upgrading to 6.0.x.
To revert to Site Recovery Manager 6.0.x after upgrading to Site Recovery Manager 6.1, see “Revert to a
Previous Release of Site Recovery Manager,” on page 67.
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Information That Site Recovery Manager Upgrade Preserves on page 53
The Site Recovery Manager upgrade procedure preserves information from existing installations.
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Types of Upgrade that Site Recovery Manager Supports on page 55
Upgrading Site Recovery Manager requires that you upgrade vCenter Server. Site Recovery Manager
supports different upgrade configurations.
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Upgrade Site Recovery Manager on page 56
You perform several tasks to upgrade Site Recovery Manager.
Information That Site Recovery Manager Upgrade Preserves
The Site Recovery Manager upgrade procedure preserves information from existing installations.
Site Recovery Manager preserves settings and configurations that you created for the previous release.
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Datastore groups
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Protection groups
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Inventory mappings
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Recovery plans
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IP customizations for individual virtual machines
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Custom roles and their memberships
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Site Recovery Manager object permissions in vSphere
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