Migrate to ESXi 4.1 hosts to VCenter again

Hey volks!

Today, I finished with the installation of a new server VCenter 5. There is another VCenter 4 Installation that actually manages our ESXi 4.1 hosts. Now I would like to move the hosts to VCenter 4.1 environment to the new (5) a.

Is there a way without having to move the hosts in Maintenance Mode?

What I read on the web - can I just uninstall the agent, but no guide step by step has been found and I would prevent mistakes when doing. Also, I think that this is not a good way to do it, or?

I'm sure someone did it in the past and can enlighten us on this.

Thanks in advance,

Matthias

NAAA it should be simple. Cluster resources can be a problem, but I don't see it as a big deal,

  1. Disconnect host VC4
  2. Remove the host of VC4
  3. Add a host to VC5
  4. and repeat step 1-3 for all remaining army.

vCenter and HA agent will be installed automatically when add you the host to the VC5

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