Upgrading vCenter 4.0 32-bit to 64-bit vCenter 4.1

Everyone...

Upgrading vCenter vCenter 4.1 to 4.0u1. The current server running vCenter 4.0 u1 is just a Windows 2003 based VM.

Databases supporting vCenter and Update Manager is installed on a physical Server SP3 to SQL 2005 64-bit.

I want to plan and to implement the upgrade as follows:

Remove the current vCenter domain and turned off.

Turn on a new virtual machine running Windows 2008 64 bit and rename it as the old server vCenter.

Add the new vCenter server to the domain

Installing vCenter 4.1 on the new vCenter server and use the existing databases that support

the old server vCenter.

Use the Update Manager to upgrade vSphere 4.1 on each managed host computers.

What possible questions could meet or must be aware, as I implement this

upgrade process?

During the installation process and it asks to use an existing database, will be installing

just updated the database to process and store the configuration data of the server vCenter 4.0?

Once the upgrade is complete for the new vCenter server.  I see the same configuration

as I saw in the old server vCenter configuration?

Looking forward to all the world the answers... Thanks in advance!

I agree with Redbaron51.  I used the setting level guide and things worked perfectly.  There is a batch file that backs up the database and converts it to the new 64-bit server.  It was very easy and worked as advertised.

Mike P

MCSE, VCP3/4

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