Hello,
I am documenting and testing an upgrade of vSphere 5.0 to 6.0 which also includes SRM with vSphere Replication. I am finding documents about vSphere Replication with versions of 5 and up, and I downloaded SRM and the iso of the vSphere replication 6.0 (and also 6.1 because after going to 6 I may try to upgrade one more time).
However I am finding difficulty to figure out my specific Migration path. I'm on ESXi 5.0 and vSphere 5.0 in two sites and both sites have two VM's.
vSphere Replication Management Server (VRMS) - Version 1.0.3.0 Build 1344434
vSphere Replication Server - Version 1.0.3.4117 Build 1344436
I keep seeing references to vSphere Replication "Appliance" so I'm not even sure I'm using the same or current technology that would be compatible with vSphere / ESXi / SRM 6+.
Any pointers or links that could help me figure out this migration path?
Currently I have the vCenter server restored in its own isolated network and have tested upgrades. I'm at the SRM part which complains "The version of vSphere Replication installed with this vCenter Server instance is incompatible with this version of Site Recovery Manager." Of course I don't think I can continue in this sandbox environment because its isolated and does not have real ESXi hosts connected or vSphere Replication. I just think I may be now at a point where I can start to do this in live as long as all my ducks are in a row. I'd like to minimize replication downtime as much as possible between two sites, so if I can migrate smoothly I can keep the VM changes to be transmitted over the WAN down.
