Emre Kurnaz's IT Diary

To perform a successful RP4VM upgrade, first get the current versions of your ESXi (can be VxRail) and RP4VM versions and decide what versions you can upgrade to. The rule of thumb is here to upgrade the RP4VM first and upgrade ESXi (VxRail) afterwards if needed. Always consult, Dell Technologies Support or access to Solve Online to get the relevant procedures for the upgrade. Moreover, always start with the replication target cluster and then upgrade production cluster. Do not perform RP4VM upgrade simulataneously on connected clusters. As a preperation, I usually download the Upgrade and Maintenance Kit  from support website, and extract the file to a location which is capable to upload files to Recoverpoint for VMs Deployer and SSH/SFTP to the ESXi hosts. Uploading the vibs to /scratch directory to each ESXi host can be time saving before starting the vib upgrades. In general, the upgrade has 3 phases. Upgrading vRPAs Upgrading vibs Upgrading Plugin Upgrading vRPAs After mak...