You can upgrade existing Site Recovery Manager installations. The Site Recovery Manager upgrade process preserves existing information about Site Recovery Manager configurations.

Because of update release schedules, upgrading to certain Site Recovery Manager 6.1.x update releases is not supported for all 6.0.x releases. For information about supported upgrade paths, see Upgrade Path > VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager in the VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes at http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php? before you upgrade.

Important:

Upgrading from Site Recovery Manager 5.x to Site Recovery Manager 6.1 is not supported. Upgrade Site Recovery Manager 5.x to a Site Recovery Manager 6.0.x release before you upgrade to Site Recovery Manager 6.1. See Upgrading Site Recovery Manager in the Site Recovery Manager 6.0 documentation for information about upgrading to 6.0.x.

To revert to Site Recovery Manager 6.0.x after upgrading to Site Recovery Manager 6.1, see Revert to a Previous Release of Site Recovery Manager.