We are running vcenter version 5.1 and I want to upgrade to vcenter 5.1a. I also need to move the DB to our SQL 2012 environment. Since I'm doing this I'd also like to install vcenter on a new server 2012 OS. I couldn't find any information on how to migrate a 5.1 database or vcenter so I was going to attempt it this way:
1. Upgrade the existing 5.1 vcenter and remote SQL 2008 DB to 5.1a.
2. Install a brand new instance of virtual center 5.1a on a server 2012 and remote SQL 2012 instance.
3. Shut down the old vcenter server and backup the old upgraded 5.1a SQL 2008 database and restore it to the new SQL 2012 instance.
4. Power on the new VCenter server.
With this work?