Upgrading to Arcserve UDP Version 6.0 › How to Migrate from UDP 5.0 Remote Virtual Standby using RHA to UDP 6.0 Integrated Remote Virtual Standby with RPS Replication

How to Migrate from UDP 5.0 Remote Virtual Standby using RHA to UDP 6.0 Integrated Remote Virtual Standby with RPS Replication

In Arcserve UDP Version 6.0, Virtual Standby from Arcserve HA nodes is not supported. However, you can configure the remote Virtual Standby (VSB) with RPS replication.

Follow these steps to configure the remote Virtual Standby using the RPS Replication feature:

1. Before upgrading, stop the RHA scenario for remote VSB in RHA Manager.
2. Upgrade the Console and RPS to Arcserve UDP Version 6.0.
3. After upgrading, create a data store on the source RPS.
4. Use the RPS Jumpstart feature to migrate the older sessions that are backed up to a shared folder in the previous release to the newly created data store on the source RPS.
5. Modify the existing backup plan on the source RPS to change the backup destination from the shared folder to the data store on the source RPS.
6. Add a Replication task and set the remote RPS as the destination.
7. Add a Virtual Standby task to the same plan with the proper hypervisor and monitor settings.
8. Deploy the modified plan.

   Note: If the plan deployment fail, follow the instructions on the error dialog to upgrade VDDK and re-deploy the plan.

9. Confirm the VSB conversion job is successful and VM successfully starts on the target hypervisor.
10. Delete the old VSB plan from the remote RPS Console.