upgrade sequence?

[TedH256]

I need to upgrade:

from ESX4.0 to ESX4.1 (possibly esxi) at both a production and DR site

From SRM4.0 (I think) to SRM 4.1.1 at both sites

and the production site also has lab manager installed

Thankfully both vcenter servers are 64 bit -

What sequence of upgrades will work such that nothing gets broken?

[TedH256]

OK I have figured out the labmanager piece - but still not sure about SRM.

Currently on SRM 4.0 - if I upgrade vcenter and esx to 4.1 update1 will it break SRM?

Table 3 and 4 of the SRM compatibility guide (http://www.vmware.com/pdf/srm_compat_matrix_4_x.pdf) list:

esx4.1 and vsphere 4.1 as compatible, but they do not mention update1.

So, when I upgrade vcenter and esx - do I have to avoid update 1?

[mal_michael]

Hi,

First of all use the up-to-date compatibility matrix:

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/srm_compat_matrix_4_1.pdf.

Read the next KB article

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 4.1 Upgrade FAQ

and blog

http://blogs.vmware.com/uptime/2010/07/upgrading-to-srm-41-including-upgrading-to-vsphere-virtualcen...

allso make sure your SRA version is supported with SRM 4.1.1

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

Michael.

[TedH256]

yes about the updated compat guide - funny thing though is that I got to that guide from a link in the 4.1 release notes!!

Just before you posted, I figured I would see if I could change the _0 in the url to _1 and sure enough!

So - from what I can see SRM 4.0 does not support esx 4.1 update 1 and neither does 4.1!

lol!

so, if I want to install esx 4.1 u1 then I have to first install -- oh, bollux! What a pita!

7000 pgs to read before I can touch anything. Yikes.

Thanx for the other links, I'll gather this stuff together and try to get my reading done during my vacation (sigh)

[mal_michael]

Hi,

the upgrade order should be:

1) vCenter

2) SRM

3) ESX

4) VMware Tools

Michael.