VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.6 Virtual Appliance | 04 OCT 2022 | Build 20497394 | Download Check for additions and updates to these release notes. VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.6 is a minor product patch release that provides bug fixes. The content of the VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5 Release Notes and all following 8.5.0.x patch release notes applies to this version as well.

What's in the Release Notes

These release notes cover the following topics:

• What's New in VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.6
• Installation and Upgrade
• Migration to the VMware Site Recovery Manager Virtual Appliance
• Resolved Issues

What's New in VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.6

• The VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.6 Express Patch provides bug fixes.

Installation and Upgrade

For information about installing and upgrading VMware Site Recovery Manager, see Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration.

For the supported upgrade paths for VMware Site Recovery Manager, select Upgrade Path and VMware Site Recovery Manager in the  VMware Product Interoperability Matrix.

If you are running Site Recovery Manager 8.5, upgrade to Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.6. See Upgrading Site Recovery Manager in Site Recovery Manager 8.5 Installation and Configuration for instructions about upgrading Site Recovery Manager.

If you use vSphere Replication with Site Recovery Manager 8.5, upgrade the vSphere Replication appliance to version 8.5.0.6. See the vSphere Replication 8.5.0.6 Release Notes for information about vSphere Replication 8.5.0.6.

Migration to the VMware Site Recovery Manager Virtual Appliance

You can migrate your Site Recovery Manager 8.3.x instance from Windows to the Site Recovery Manager 8.3.x virtual appliance and then upgrade to Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.6 Virtual Appliance. For information about the migration procedure, see Migrate from Site Recovery Manager for Windows to Site Recovery Manager Virtual Appliance.

 

Resolved Issues

• NEW Storage Policy Protection Group migration tool does not continue after a previous failure

  When you run the Storage Policy Protection Group migration tool, an SPPG might be successfully migrated but can not be attached to the corresponding recovery plan on the current tool run, because of a network failure.

  This issue is fixed in Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.6.