You use the Site Recovery Manager Appliance Management Interface to apply patches and updates to the virtual appliance.
Prerequisites
- If you are not updating the appliance from an online URL, download the Site Recovery Manager ISO image and mount it on a system in your environment.
- Perform a configuration export by using the VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5 Configuration Import/Export Tool. See, Exporting and Importing Site Recovery Manager Configuration Data.
Procedure
- Log in to the Site Recovery Manager Appliance Management Interface as admin.
- Click Update.
- To configure your update settings, click Edit.
Option |
Description |
Online repository |
To use the repository, you must copy the update folder from the ISO image to a web server and provide the URL of that folder.
- Select Use repository.
- Enter the repository URL, user name (optional), and password (optional).
|
Downloadable ISO file |
Select Use CD-ROM. |
- Click OK.
- In the Available updates pane, click Install.
- Accept the end-user license agreement, and click Install.
After the update is complete, the appliance restarts.
- Refresh the browser window to reload the Site Recovery Manager Appliance Management Interface.
- Log in to the Site Recovery Manager Appliance Management Interface as admin.
- Click Reconfigure.
- Follow the prompts, provide the required information, and click Finish.