We're planning to migrate our Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual servers to Server 2016, and at the same time upgrade from vCenter 6.0 to 6.5, and View 6 to View 7. I've found some documentation, but have some questions about the best way to proceed, mostly about order of operations. Our current environment:
Server1 (Windows Server 2008 R2): vCenter 6.0, View Composer 6.2.5
Server2 (Windows Server 2008 R2): View Connection Server 6.2.5
Future environment:
Server3 (Windows Server 2016): vCenter 6.5, View Composer 7.0
Server4 (Windows Server 2016): View Connection Server 7.0
Questions:
1. For vCenter, can I migrate directly from 6.0 on one server to 6.5 on another? If not, which of these would be better?
a. Upgrade to 6.5 on the old server then migrate to the new server
b. Migrate 6.0 to the new server, then upgrade to 6.5 on the new server
2. For View Composer, can I migrate directly from 6.2 on one server to 7.0 on another? If not, which of these would be better?
a. Upgrade to 7.0 on the old server then migrate to the new server
b. Migrate 6.2 to the new server, then upgrade to 7.0 on the new server
3. I think you can guess where this is going... For View Connection Server, can I migrate directly from 6.2 on one server to 7.0 on another? If not, which of these would be better?
a. Upgrade to 7.0 on the old server then migrate to the new server
b. Migrate 6.2 to the new server, then upgrade to 7.0 on the new server
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
