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Upgrade Site Recovery Manager
You perform several tasks to upgrade Site Recovery Manager.
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.
You must perform the upgrade tasks in order. Complete all of the upgrade tasks on the protected site first,
then complete the tasks on the recovery site.
Procedure
1 Order of Upgrading vSphere and Site Recovery Manager Components on page 57
You must upgrade certain components of your vSphere environment before you upgrade
Site Recovery Manager.
2 Prerequisites and Best Practices for Site Recovery Manager Upgrade on page 57
Before you upgrade Site Recovery Manager, you must perform preparatory tasks on both
Site Recovery Manager sites and verify that you have certain information.
3 In-Place Upgrade of Site Recovery Manager Server on page 59
An in-place upgrade provides a quick way to upgrade Site Recovery Manager Server without
changing the information that you provided for the previous installation.
4 Upgrade Site Recovery Manager Server with Migration on page 62
You can upgrade Site Recovery Manager and migrate Site Recovery Manager Server to a different host
than the previous Site Recovery Manager Server installation.
5 Configure and Verify the Upgraded Site Recovery Manager Installation on page 66
You must configure the upgraded components to establish a working Site Recovery Manager
installation.
6 Revert to a Previous Release of Site Recovery Manager on page 67
To revert to a previous release of Site Recovery Manager, you must uninstall Site Recovery Manager
from the protected and recovery sites. You can then reinstall the previous release.
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