Upgrade vRA from 5.8 to 6.5

[a_p_]

I'm currently trying to understand how to correctly do a supported upgrade from vSphere 5.5 to vSphere 6.5, with vRA 5.8 in place (replication in a single vCenter instance).

According to the documentation, and the interoperability matrix, vRA cannot be upgraded from v5.8 to v6.5 in a single step, so the steps - as how I understand this - are v5.8 -> v6.1 -> v6.5.

The documented upgrade order is to upgrade vCenter Server prior to vRA. In order to maintain the settings from the Windows based vCenter Server 5.5 instance, I'd like to deploy vCSA 6.5 to be able to use the migration wizard.

Problem: Neither vCenter Server 5.5, nor vCenter Server 6.5 support vRA 6.1.

Question: How can vRA be upgraded to v6.5?

André

[Matts_N_]

Hello!

According to this

VMware vSphere Replication 6.5 Documentation Center

you should be able to upgrade from 5.8.0.2 to 6.5 directly.

// Matts

[a_p_]

Thanks for the reply.

The example in the documentation indeed says:

For example, to upgrade vSphere Replication 5.5 to 6.5, you must upgrade 5.5 to 5.8.0.2 first.

However, the Interop-Matrix doesn't list this as a supported upgrade path:

That's why I posted the question. Either the documentation isn't up-to-date (that's what I assume), or the Interpo-Matrix isn't correct (less likely).

André