We are planning on moving our hosts to a new vCenter and don't want to do a huge amount with SRM (it is installed on its own VM in the environment and is using an SRA).
From having a look around I believe I should be able to do a repair on the existing SRM install and point it to the new vCenter, during the repair I assume it will ask for the IP address of the new vCenter? Following this I hope to upgrade to 5.5.8 from 5.0, could I possibly do the upgrade and repoint at the same time?
I have seen the following KB article, but I assume that I wont need to follow it if the installer updates the IP address for me?
Many Thanks!
I think the best option is do a new installation, because if you plan upgrade to version 5.8, this upgrade path is not supported, take a look: Upgrade Site Recovery Manager
Important
Upgrading from Site Recovery Manager 5.0.x to Site Recovery Manager 5.8 is not supported. Upgrade Site Recovery Manager 5.0.x to a Site Recovery Manager5.5.x release before you upgrade to Site Recovery Manager 5.8. See Upgrading Site Recovery Manager in the Site Recovery Manager 5.5 documentation for information about upgrading from 5.0.x to 5.5.x.
And see what documentation tells about a new vCenter installation and SRM upgrade: Types of Upgrade that Site Recovery Manager Supports
From having a look around I believe I should be able to do a repair on the existing SRM install and point it to the new vCenter, during the repair I assume it will ask for the IP address of the new vCenter?
Not sure if you can, take a look at the documentation of SRM talking about the modify the installation of SRM:
Nice find - any options available to me? Create a new DB and SRM DB and install fresh?
I think the best option is do a new installation, because if you plan upgrade to version 5.8, this upgrade path is not supported, take a look: Upgrade Site Recovery Manager
Important
Upgrading from Site Recovery Manager 5.0.x to Site Recovery Manager 5.8 is not supported. Upgrade Site Recovery Manager 5.0.x to a Site Recovery Manager5.5.x release before you upgrade to Site Recovery Manager 5.8. See Upgrading Site Recovery Manager in the Site Recovery Manager 5.5 documentation for information about upgrading from 5.0.x to 5.5.x.
And see what documentation tells about a new vCenter installation and SRM upgrade: Types of Upgrade that Site Recovery Manager Supports