Hi,
Has anyone upgraded vCentre5.0 on one machine (with external database) to version 5.1 on a new vm? From the documentation it looks like it isn't supported:
"The vCenter Server 5.0 installation media include a data migration tool. When you upgrade to version 5.0, you can use this tool to migrate configuration information such as port settings, SSL certificates, and license information from your existing vCenter Server host. This data migration tool is not supported for vCenter Server 5.1. You cannot directly migrate an existing vCenter Server to a different machine during an upgrade to version 5.1. You can migrate an existing vCenter Server to a different machine during an upgrade to version 5.0, and then perform an in-place upgrade from version 5.0 to version 5.1. See the version 5.0 vSphere Upgrade documentation."
So are the steps required to do this:
Upgrade existing vCenter5.0 to 5.1
Power off vm
Deploy new vm
Install vCenter 5.1 and point it at remote DB?
Or are there data migrations required if the DB is remote?
One other thing - I'm using a distributed vSwitch, will there be any impact on this during the upgrade/migration (there is to be no downtime during the upgrade)?
Many Thanks!