Other posts in this series:
- Part 1 – Planning & Backups and Prep
- Part 2 – Unlink vCenter & Upgrade/Install Single Sign-on & Upgrade vSphere Web client
- Part 3 – Upgrade vCenter Inventory Service & Upgrade vCenter Server & Upgrade vCenter Update Manager
- Part 4 – Upgrade SRM & Upgrade SRA, Re-link vCenter & Site Secondary Upgrade
- Part 5 – Post upgrade tasks
- Part 6 – Upgrade ESXi hosts & Upgrade VMware Tools
Step 13 : Upgrade SRM
13.1: Upgrade the SRM server software first and once that has been completed update the SRA. Select the SRM software and run it.
13.2: Click Ok on the language settings
13.4: Go to C:WindowsSysWOW64 and run odbcad32 and check which server and database the connector is directed to. You can then run the normal 64bit ODBC from Administrative Tasks and add a new connection under System DSN
Click next to continue
13.5: Click Next
13.6: Agree to the EULA and click Next
13.7: Select the location of the installation and click Next
13.8: As I’m not using vSphere Replication but storage replication I’ve chosen not to install vSphere Replication and clicked Next to continue
13.9: Enter the credentials to log onto the vCenter server. Click next
13.10: Click yes to accept the certificate
13.11: Click Yes to overwrite the current plug-in
13.12: Leave the default and click Next
13.13: Enter the company credentials and click Next
13.14: Enter the credentials for alerts from the system
13.15: Enter the database settings to connect to. If you don’t have a 64-bt ODBC connection specified you can enter it here using the ODBC DSN Setup. Click Next
13.16: Select the option to use the existing database and click Next
13.17: Click Install to begin the installation
13.18: Click Finish to complete the installation
Step 14: Upgrade SRA
14.1: Download the SRA that is specific to your storage. Run the exe for the SRA software and click Ok on the default language setting
14.2: Click next on the initial screen after the unpacking of the software
14.3: Accept the EULA and click Next
14.4: Click Install to continue with the installation
14.5: Click Finish
Step 15: Install the SRM Plug-in
15.1: The last step is to update the plug-in. In vCenter go to Plug-ins and check the available plug-ins
15.2: Click Download and install for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager. Click Yes to accept the certificate
15.3: Click Run to continue
15.4: Click Ok on the default language
15.5: Click Next
15.6: Click Next
15.7: Accept the EULA and click Next
15.8: Click Install
15.9: Click Finish
Step 16: Reboot the server
Reboot the vCenter server so that you are starting with a fresh and clean environment. Also, any other plugins that have been installed may also require a reboot to complete.
Step 17: Re-do everything on the second site
Complete all the above steps on the secondary site but for SSO select multi-site as the option. This includes all the steps from Part 2, 3 & 4 that requires upgrading SSO, Web Client, Inventory Service, vCenter Server, Update Manager and SRM. I haven’t re-listed the steps but you get the idea.
Step 18: Join vCenter Servers in Linked Mode
18.1: Go to the secondary site vCenter server and go to Start-> Vmware -> vCenter Server Linked mode Configuration. Click Next on the initial dialog screen.
18.2: Select Modify Linked Mode Configuration and click Next
18.3: Select Join vCenter Server to another instance and click Next
18.4: Click Ok on the warning dialog
18.5: Enter the FQDN of the primary vCenter server and the LDAP port of 389. Click Next to continue.
18.6: Click Continue to finalise the linked mode connection
18.7: Click Continue to finalise the linked mode connection
The next step in the process is to fix up any outstanding issues in How to: VMware vCenter 5.0 to 5.5 Update 2 Upgrade – Part 5