Installation guide
Upgrading or Migrating VCM
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Upgrading or Migrating VCM
Upgrade or migrate your existing VCM environment to VCM 5.7, which supports 64-bit environments
that include 64-bit hardware, 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2, and SQL Server 2008 R2 or 2012.
Determine whether your VCM environment requires an upgrade or a migration. The prerequisites and
steps differ depending on whether you perform an upgrade or a migration of VCM.
CAUTION VCM 5.7 does not include the Patch Administrator role. If you previously assigned the
Patch Administrator role to a user, either reassign a different role to the user or let the user know
that the role no longer exists.
Upgrading VCM and Components
An upgrade converts an earlier VCM version to VCM 5.7. VCM 5.7 supports the following upgrade paths.
n Upgrade directly from VCM 5.4 or later by running the VCM 5.7 Installation Manager.
To upgrade software licenses for the VMware vCloud Suite or vCenter Operations Manager Suite, use
the JLicense utility.
n Upgrade VCM versions earlier than 5.4 to VCM 5.4, and then upgrade from VCM 5.4 to VCM 5.7.
Earlier versions include VMware VCM 5.3, EMC Ionix SCM 5.0 or later, or Configuresoft ECM 4.11.1 or
later.
An earlier version upgrade might require that you also upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL
Server 2008 R2 or 2012.
Prerequisites
n Verify that your VCM Collector meets all of the hardware requirements for a 64-bit environment. See
"Hardware Requirements for Collector Machines" on page13.
n Verify that your VCM Collector meets all of the software requirements for a 64-bit environment. See
"Software and Operating System Requirements for Collector Machines" on page19.
n Obtain the installation package from the Download VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Web site
or the VCM 5.7 CD.
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