SRM 1.0 and vCenter 4

[ericgc]

Hello,

I am wondering what the support is for SRM 1.0 with vCenter 4. I am in the process of upgrading my 3.5 hosts to vSphere and vCenter 4. Can I leave my SRM installation at 1.0u1 or do I need to upgrade to 4.0.1?

Has anyone had any experience with this updgrade and if so anything I need to look out for, or any good processes or steps I should follow?

Thanks.

[PaulSvirin]

Well, here is the thread with the same quesion:

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iSCSI SAN software

http://www.starwindsoftware.com

[ericgc]

It says System Error - thread not found?

[Michelle_Laveri]

Try this on for size:

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/srm_compat_matrix_4_0.pdf

Regards

Mike Laverick

RTFM Education

http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk

Author of the SRM Book:http://stores.lulu.com/rtfm

Free PDF or at-cost Hard Copy

[ericgc]

Actually I am not looking for anything about the new 4.0 or 4.0.1 I am wondering if 1.0u1 is compatible with vcenter 4.

[mal_michael]

According to SRM 1.0.1 is not compatible with vSphere.

[Michelle_Laveri]

ASIK. VMware doesn't do "forwards" compatibility.

SRM 4.0 was developed, because SRM 1.0 is incompatible with vSphere4. And it was some months before we got it it....

Regards

Mike Laverick

RTFM Education

http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk

Author of the SRM Book:http://stores.lulu.com/rtfm

Free PDF or at-cost Hard Copy

[ericgc]

So has anyone done an upgrade from 1.0.1 to 4.0.1? Anything I need to do that might not be in the notes. I have the notes on how to do it and hopefully it is straightforward. Anybody with experience with this can possibly comment?

[Michelle_Laveri]

I have - and it was suprisingly painless.... no negative experiences to report...

Regards

Mike Laverick

RTFM Education

http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk

Author of the SRM Book:http://stores.lulu.com/rtfm

Free PDF or at-cost Hard Copy

[ericgc]

Is it just installing the new software at the "protected" site first, which will do the update. And then doing the same to the "recovery" site. Then updating the VI Client and making sure the sites are paired?

[Michelle_Laveri]

Upgrade VC first.

Then vSphere client

You'll get a whole bunch of plug-in errors... when you open the client

Upgrade SRM...

Upgrade SRM plug-ins...

Protected Site first...

Regards

Mike Laverick

RTFM Education

http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk

Author of the SRM Book:http://stores.lulu.com/rtfm

Free PDF or at-cost Hard Copy

[ericgc]

EDIT - Figured it out.