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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.
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The local and remote Platform Services Controller and vCenter Server instances must be running when
you upgrade Site Recovery Manager.
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Upgrade Platform Services Controller and vCenter Server on the site on which you are upgrading
Site Recovery Manager.
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For information about how to upgrade vCenter Server and its components, see vSphere Upgrade in
the VMware vSphere ESXi and vCenter Server 6.0 Documentation.
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For information about compatibility between vCenter Server and Site Recovery Manager versions,
see vCenter Server Requirements in the Compatibility Matrixes for Site Recovery Manager 6.1 at
https://www.vmware.com/support/srm/srm-compat-matrix-6-1.html.
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For information about the order in which to upgrade the components on each site, see “Order of
Upgrading vSphere and Site Recovery Manager Components,” on page 57.
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Upgrade the Platform Services Controller, all of the vCenter Server components, and
Site Recovery Manager on one site before you upgrade the Platform Services Controller,
vCenter Server, and Site Recovery Manager on the other site.
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Obtain the address of the Platform Services Controller instance for both sites. The
Platform Services Controller must be running and accessible during Site Recovery Manager installation.
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Obtain the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user name and password for both of the local and
remote sites.
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Obtain the user name and password for the Site Recovery Manager database, if you are not using the
embedded database.
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To use Site Recovery Manager with vSphere Replication, upgrade vSphere Replication on both of the
protected and recovery sites before you upgrade Site Recovery Manager Server. The
Site Recovery Manager installer verifies the version of vSphere Replication during the upgrade and
stops if it detects an incompatible version. This verification is not performed if you install
vSphere Replication after you upgrade Site Recovery Manager Server, which might lead to
incompatible versions. Incompatible versions of Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication cause
the vSphere Web Client to stop working.
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For information about how to upgrade vSphere Replication, see Upgrading vSphere Replication in
vSphere Replication Administration.
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For information about compatibility between vSphere Replication and Site Recovery Manager
versions, see vSphere Replication Requirements in the Compatibility Matrixes for Site Recovery Manager
6.1 at https://www.vmware.com/support/srm/srm-compat-matrix-6-1.html.
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If you cannot upgrade an existing incompatible version of vSphere Replication, you must unregister
vSphere Replication from both vCenter Server instances before you upgrade Site Recovery Manager.
Incompatible versions of Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication cause the vSphere Web Client
to stop working. See “Unregister an Incompatible Version of vSphere Replication,” on page 41.
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The Site Recovery Manager installer presents the SSL/TLS certificates of the vCenter Server components
for validation when it runs. Obtain the necessary information to allow you validate the certificates for
the Platform Services Controller instance on the local site and the Platform Services Controller and
vCenter Server instances on the remote site.
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