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Types of Upgrade that Site Recovery Manager Supports
Upgrading Site Recovery Manager requires that you upgrade vCenter Server. Site Recovery Manager
supports different upgrade configurations.
Table 81. Types of vCenter Server and Site Recovery Manager Upgrades
Upgrade Type Description Supported
In-place upgrade of
Site Recovery Manager
The simplest upgrade path. This path
involves upgrading the
Platform Services Controller and
vCenter Server instances associated
with Site Recovery Manager before
upgrading
Site Recovery Manager Server. Run
the new version of the
Site Recovery Manager installer on
the existing
Site Recovery Manager Server host
machine, connecting to the existing
database.
Yes
Upgrade Site Recovery Manager with
migration
This path involves upgrading the
Platform Services Controller and
vCenter Server instances associated
with Site Recovery Manager before
upgrading
Site Recovery Manager Server. To
migrate Site Recovery Manager to a
different host or virtual machine as
part of the Site Recovery Manager
upgrade, stop the existing
Site Recovery Manager Server. Do
not uninstall the previous release of
Site Recovery Manager Server and
make sure that you retain the
database contents. Run the new
version of the Site Recovery Manager
installer on the new host or virtual
machine, connecting to the existing
Platform Services Controller and
database.
Yes
New vCenter Server installation with
migration of Site Recovery Manager
Create new installations of
vCenter Server and migrate
Site Recovery Manager Server to
these new vCenter Server instances.
No. You cannot migrate
Site Recovery Manager Server to a new
installation of vCenter Server.
Site Recovery Manager requires
unique object identifiers on the
vCenter Server that are not available if
you use a new vCenter Server
installation. To use a new
vCenter Server installation you must
create a new
Site Recovery Manager Server
installation.
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