I am running vcenter 5.1 and want to upgrade to 5.1u1. I also wanted to move the database from a remote SQL 2008 instance to new remote SQL 2012 server. To make things even more complicated I'd also like to move my virtual center to a new server. I couldn't find a clear guide on how to do this so this was my plan.
1. Upgrade the current vcenter 5.1 and 2008 SQL DB to vcenter 5.1u1.
2. Build a new vcenter server pointing to a new SQL 2012 DB using the vcenter 5.1u1 install CD. (I know everything will be blank.)
3. Restore the original upgraded vcenter 2008 DB from step 1 to the new SQL 2012 server. (Overwriting the blank database with the original data.)
Will this work or is there a better way to do this?
Thanks