We tried updating our 5.5 update 3b environment to 6.5 and there are errors that are occruing in our that support cannot explain. I have an SR open but I get the feeling the best option is to rebuild the vcenter server. We do have a new 6.5 environment currently setup, the plan was to upgrade our current environment to 6.5, which would allow cross vcenter vmotion. I'm thinking if we need to completely reinstall vcenter from scratch, why shouldn't we just connect the 5.5 hosts to our 6.5 appliance directly? These 5.5 server have standard switches, so the switches should migrate over fine. If this doesn't sound like a good plan, has anyone else tried something similar. We also have SRM installed, so I think these our options
1.)Reinstall vcenter as a 5.5 vcenter. This requires SRM and vSphere replication to be reinstalled
2.)Reinatall vcenter as a 6.5 vcenter. Install SRM and vSphere at the correct levels
3.)Disconnect hosts from 5.5 vcenter and connect to new 6.5 environment.
Thanks for any suggestions