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Upgrading HPE 3PAR SRA (Storage Replication Adapter) from 6.1 to 6.5

Here 
are the high level step to upgrade the HPE 3PAR Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) -

    If old SRA is visible in add remove programs - 


    • View certificates for old array (that will be removed after migration) from SRM server using following path and TPDsrm utility -
           C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Site Recovery manager\Storage\SRA\3Parinsrv>              TPDsrm.exe viewcert
    • Uninstall old 3PAR SRA from SRM server using uninstall program feature.
    • Reboot the SRM server.
    • Install new 3PAR SRA using the .exe file provided by vendor. Check if you can see the new SRA in Program list. If so, reboot the SRM server. 
    • Validate certificates for new array using following path and command on SRM server -
           C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Site Recovery manager\Storage\SRA\3Parinsrv>              TPDsrm.exe validatecert -sys x.x.x.x -user username -pass ********
    sys - IP address of the new array 
    username - User created on 3PAR array to communicate with VMware SRM
    • Remove the certificates for the old array from SRM server -
           C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Site Recovery manager\Storage\SRA\3Parinsrv>              TPDsrm.exe removecert -sysID xxxxxx

    xxxxxx - SYSID for old array that was copied from the first step above (Make sure to use the correct one else you will remove the new certs)

    If old SRA is not visible in add remove programs - 


    • View certificates for old array (that will be removed after migration) from SRM server using following path and TPDsrm utility -
           C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Site Recovery manager\Storage\SRA\3Parinsrv>              TPDsrm.exe viewcert
    • Install Microsoft .net framework on SRM server.
    • Install new 3PAR SRA using the .exe file provided by vendor. Check if you can see the new SRA in Program list. If so, reboot the SRM server. 
    • Validate certificates for new array using following path and command on SRM server -
           C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Site Recovery manager\Storage\SRA\3Parinsrv>              TPDsrm.exe validatecert -sys x.x.x.x -user username -pass ********
    sys - IP address of the new array 
    username - User created on 3PAR array to communicate with VMware SRM
    • Remove the certificates for the old array from SRM server -
           C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Site Recovery manager\Storage\SRA\3Parinsrv>              TPDsrm.exe removecert -sysID xxxxxx

    xxxxxx - SYSID for old array that was copied from the first step above (Make sure to use the correct one else you will remove the new certs).









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