Can someone please provide the correct path to upgrade the VIEW 5.0.1 to 6.0.1 environment ?
Vcenter - ESxi - View composer - view connection server - view security server
OR
view composer - View Connection server - View security server - Vcenter - ESXi
Compatibility matrix is confusing as View 5.0.1 wont support vcenter/ESxi 5.5 u2 and I am no sure if I can upgrade them first before upgrading the VIEW connection servers
So your current View version is 5.01. What is your current vCenter and vSphere version?
Vcenter and ESXi are on 5.0
Vcenter - ESX - View Composer - Replica - Security Server
If I upgrade the Vcenter and ESXi first to 5.5 U2 ,the VDI view 5.0.1 is not supported on ESXi 5.5 as per VMware compatibility document .
Is the path still fine to upgrade ?
Vcenter -- ESXi -- View composer -- Connection server -- security server
Present View Environment versions -
vCenter : Version 5.0.0.623373
ESXi : VMware ESxi 5.0.0 914586
View Composer : 2.7.0.481620
Connection Server-1 :5.0.1.640055
Connection Server-2 :5.0.1.640055
Security server:5.0.1.640055
I forgot about that. I stand corrected. I think you are going to have to upgrade view first then your vcenter.
VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes
Make sure you are on update 1,2, or 3 and then do the view update.
I think that is fine if your going to upgrade all of them in a single night. If you want to opt for a phased approach such as updating vCenter/vSphere one night and doing View another night you would need to go with vCenter/vSphere to 5.0 update 2, then later do View 6.01, and then at another time go back and upgrade vCenter/vSphere to 5.5.