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Pre-upgrade checklist for System Platform upgrades

Perform the following checks before you start upgrading elements on System Manager that you have deployed on System Platform to System Manager on System Platform, on the same server or a different server:

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You must perform these tasks on the System Manager web console.

No. Task
1 Ensure that you assign a different IP address for the ESXi host.  
2 Ensure that you have added all the elements on the System Platform and you have established a structural relationship among all those elements.  
3 After you perform the Refresh Element(s) operation, ensure that your system contains the latest version of all the elements.  
4 On the User Settings page, ensure that the PLDS or the Alternate source are configured correctly.  
5 After you perform the Analyze operation, verify on the Upgrade Job Status page that the operation that you performed is successful.  
6 Download the OVA file for the element that you want to upgrade.  
7 After you have performed the Analyze job, verify that the element that you want to upgrade displays the Ready for Upgrade status.  
8 On the Pre-upgrade Check Job Details page, ensure that the element that you want to upgrade displays status as Successful.  
9 In the Upgrade Job Status section, on the Pre-upgrade Configuration page, verify the configuration values are correct.