If you are using vSphere Replication 8.7.x or later you can directly upgrade to version 9.0.
Prerequisites
- Download the
VMware-vSphere_Replication-9.0.x.x-build_number.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. - Verify that you are currently running a version, which allows you to upgrade directly to vSphere Replication 9.0.
- You can directly upgrade to vSphere Replication 9.0, only if the version of vSphere Replication you currently run is 8.7.x or later.
Procedure
What to do next
- You might need to re-enable the SSH connections. See Unable to Establish an SSH Connection to the vSphere Replication Appliance.
- If your infrastructure uses more than one vSphere Replication Server, you must upgrade all vSphere Replication Server instances to version 9.0 on the on-premises site.
- If you plan to upgrade the vCenter Server next, you must restart the HMS service after you upgrade the vCenter Server components.