Vcenter 5.0 -- 5.1

Hi,
I wish to migrate my vcenter 5.0 to 5.1.
How to migrate the database to postgre
Thanks
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dfetter wrote:
What database is currently in there?
Unless I'm mistaken, the OP was asking how to migrate vCenter (and potentially vCOPS) databases to the vPostgres database engine.
I don't think this is supported, though.  I don't detect any snark/irony in the OP, but it seems like if vFabric solutions are good enough for customers to build solutions on, they should be good enough for vCenter products as well.                   

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