Specifications

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7.2 Upgrading Production BEA WebLogic Application Server using
VM Cloning
We will create an exact clone of the current production VMs running 8.1 and move into an isolated (test)
network environment.
Create a second virtual network switch (private – not exposed to the public) on the ESX Server host. Do not
associate this virtual switch with any physical NIC. This will ensure that the VM created on this virtual switch
can only communicate with other VMs on the same switch and cannot talk to the public network or other
VMs on the virtual switch (VM network) already created and associated with the physical Ethernet interface.
7.2.1 Creating a New Virtual Switch
We will be hosting the test environment on 10.16.27.16. In your environment, you can either host it on the
same ESX host or (recommended) use a different ESX server not on the production environment
Login to VI client and select “host”
Go to the ESX host for the test environment:
Click on “configuration” tab on the right side and go to “networking”