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Chapter 5
Upgrading vRanger
Chapter 5:
UPGRADING VRANGER
Before Upgrading vRanger
Licensing Changes in vRanger
vRanger Editions
Upgrading the vRanger Virtual Appliance
5.1.0
Upgrading a Previous vRanger Installation
Upgrading a Previous vReplicator Installation
Before Upgrading vRanger
Before you upgrade an existing vRanger installation, please refer to the sections below for important
information.
5.1.1
Licensing Changes in vRanger
vRanger 6.1 uses a new license key that differs from previous vRanger versions. If you are
upgrading from a previous version of vRanger, you will need a new license key. If you have not
received your license key, please go to https://support.quest.com/LicenseKey.aspx.
5.1.2
vRanger Editions
With replication now integrated into vRanger, and vRanger being offered in multiple versions, there
are several upgrade options available.
Current vRanger customers - see Upgrading a Previous vRanger Installation.
Current vReplicator customers - see Upgrading a Previous vReplicator Installation.
Customers of both vRanger and vReplicator - the upgrade procedures differ depending on
whether you want to manage replication from the D/R site, or combine backup and replication
management on the production site.
D/R site - if you want to manage replication from the D/R site (to ease failover), then follow
both of the procedures referenced above, upgrading the vRanger installation on the
production side and the vReplicator installation on the D/R site. You may use a combined
license file for both installations, provided that the combined CPU count for each protection
type (backup and replication) for both sites does not exceed the total licensed number of
CPUs.
Production site - when both backup and replication will be managed from the production
site, start with Upgrading a Previous vRanger Installation, then skip to Step 4 of the
Upgrading a Previous vReplicator Installation procedures.
If you purchase vRanger Standard Edition, you can purchase an upgrade to vRanger Pro. Similarly,
you can also purchase an upgrade from vReplicator 5.0 to vRanger Pro 6.1.
5.1.2.a
Supported Upgrade Paths
Due to architectural differences, a direct upgrade to vRanger 6.x from older vRanger versions may
not be possible.
vRanger 4.x - If you are using vRanger 4.x, you cannot upgrade directly to the latest vRanger
version. You must upgrade to a supported 5.x version of vRanger (see below) and then upgrade
to vRanger 6.1
vRanger 5.x - The versions of vRanger 5.x listed below have been certified for upgrade to
vRanger 6.1.