6.1

Upgrade Site Recovery Manager Server with Migration
You can upgrade Site Recovery Manager and migrate Site Recovery Manager Server to a different host than
the previous Site Recovery Manager Server installation.
To upgrade Site Recovery Manager and migrate Site Recovery Manager Server to a different host, you create
a new Site Recovery Manager Server installation on the new host, and connect it to the
Site Recovery Manager database from the previous installation.
IMPORTANT Do not uninstall the old Site Recovery Manager Server installation after you complete the
upgrade. If you uninstall the old Site Recovery Manager Server installation, this will unregister the new
installation from vCenter Server.
You can only upgrade Site Recovery Manager with migration if you use an external database with the
previous installation. You cannot migrate the contents of the embedded database.
To upgrade Site Recovery Manager and keep Site Recovery Manager Server on the same host as the
previous installation, see “In-Place Upgrade of Site Recovery Manager Server,” on page 59.
IMPORTANT You cannot perform upgrade with migration if you are updating Site Recovery Manager 6.1 to a
6.1.x update release or to a 6.1.0.x patch release. To upgrade Site Recovery Manager 6.1 to a 6.1.x update
release or to a 6.1.0.x patch release, see “In-Place Upgrade of Site Recovery Manager Server,” on page 59.
Prerequisites
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You completed the tasks and obtained the information described in “Prerequisites and Best Practices for
Site Recovery Manager Upgrade,” on page 57.
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Log in to the host machine on which the previous version of Site Recovery Manager Server is running.
Log in using an account with sufficient privileges. This is often an Active Directory domain
administrator, but can also be local administrator.
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Log in to the host machine on which to install the new version of Site Recovery Manager Server. Log in
using an account with sufficient privileges. This is often an Active Directory domain administrator, but
can also be local administrator.
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Create a 64-bit ODBC system data source name (DSN) on the new host machine to connect to the
existing Site Recovery Manager database that you used with the previous version. For information
about creating an ODBC DSN, see “Create an ODBC System DSN for Site Recovery Manager,” on
page 20.
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If you use an SQL Server database with Integrated Windows Authentication as the
Site Recovery Manager database, you must use the same user account or an account with the same
privileges when you upgrade Site Recovery Manager Server as you used when you created the
Integrated Windows Authentication DSN for SQL Server.
Procedure
1 Stop the Site Recovery Manager Server service on the old Site Recovery Manager Server host.
2 On the host on which to install the new version of Site Recovery Manager Server, double-click the
Site Recovery Manager installer, select an installation language, and click OK.
3 Follow the installer prompts to accept the license agreement, and verify that you satisfied the
installation prerequisites.
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