You upgrade the vSphere Replication appliance and the vSphere Replication server by using a downloadable ISO image.
Prerequisites
- Upgrade the vCenter Server instance that vSphere Replication extends.
- Download the
VMWare-vSphere_Replication-6.5.x-x-sles11-upgrade.iso
image from the vSphere Downloads page. Copy the ISO image file to a datastore that is accessible from the vCenter Server instance that you use with vSphere Replication. - If the vSphere Replication version that you run is not supported for direct upgrade to vSphere Replication 6.5, upgrade your vSphere Replication instance to a supported version. For example, to upgrade vSphere Replication 5.5 to 6.5, you must first upgrade 5.5 to 5.8.0.2, and then upgrade 5.8.0.2 to 6.1. See the interoperability matrix at http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.php for solution upgrade paths for vSphere Replication.
- Verify that the vSphere Replication appliance has an OVF environment or context. See KB article Checking and Restoring the OVF Context of the vSphere Replication Appliance (2106709).
- Shut down and power off the vSphere Replication virtual machine.
Procedure
What to do next
Note: If step 15 is not performed, the status of the
vSphere Replication server will turn to
Enabled (Configuration issue). You must log in to the VAMI and register the
vSphere Replication appliance with the Lookup Service and SSO. See
Register the vSphere Replication Appliance with vCenter Single Sign-On.
If your infrastructure uses more than one vSphere Replication Server, you must upgrade all vSphere Replication Server instances to version 6.5.
Important: If the
vSphere Replication appliance that you upgraded uses the embedded database, you must apply additional configuration to enable the support of up to 2000 replications. See
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2102463. No additional configuration is required for
vSphere Replication appliances that are configured to use an external database.