vCenter 5.1 Upgrade

[vasan22in]

How to upgrade vCenter5.1 to vCenter 5.1 update 1a....Is there any specific steps required to do that.

[vmroyale]

Note: Discussion successfully moved from VMware vCenter™ Server to vSphere Upgrade & Install

Check out: VMware KB: Update sequence for vSphere 5.1 Update 1 and its compatible VMware products and About vSphere Upgrade

[cjscol]

I performed this upgrade on a couple of vCenter 5.1 systems recently.  Just install 5.1 U1a over the top of 5.1.  The environment I upgraded used a multi-site SSO configuration so I upgraded each of the elements one at a time, i.e. SSO, Inventory Service, vCenter Server, Web Client and Update Manager.  If you have a simple Install then you should be able to run the Simple Install from the CD to upgrade.

I think I needed to provide the admin@SYSTEM-DOMAIN password to perform the upgrade so make sure you know what this is.

Also, just to make sure, I would recommend that you have a backup of the server and the DBs (vCenter, SSO and Update Manager).

What I noticed was that I did not have to upgrade my vSphere Client as the 5.1 client worked with the 5.1U1a server, although I did upgrade the client.

[vasan22in]

Thank you cjscol.......I will try it.

[AlbertWT]

Ok, does the account "admin@SYSTEM-DOMAIN" is the VC local admin account ?

[OscarDavey]

Hello,

You can read this article, upgrade and use it if any issues appears.

Hope will help.

vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1 Release Notes

Your Oscar

[OscarDavey]

This article ought to help you with your issue...

VMware KB: Methods for upgrading to ESXi 5.1