Is it mandatory to reconfigure existing replications to use vSphere Replication with enhanced replication capabilities before importing them into SDDC 5.2.1

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

• Recovery UI showing the information banner 'You are currently using the legacy vSphere Replication, which will be deprecated in the next release. Transition over to the Enhanced vSphere Replication.'
• SDDC Manager is being upgraded to 5.2.1.

Environment

• SDDC 5.2.1
• vSphere Replication 9.0.2 

Cause

Traditional vSphere Replication data path is being deprecated and replaced by Enahnced vSphere Replication.  

Resolution

It is not required to transition over until the next release of vSphere Replication.  For more information see KB: You are currently using the legacy vSphere Replication, which will be deprecated in the next release. Transition over to the Enhanced vSphere Replication.

 

Additional Information

Build numbers and versions of VMware vSphere Replication Appliance

Correlating VMware Cloud Foundation version with the versions of its constituent products