Setup guide

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VMware vSphere® 5.0 Upgrade
Best Practices
The Data Migration Tool should be unzipped in both the source and destination vCenter Server. In our scenario,
weinstalledtheWindows200864-bitOSonthenewvCenterServer5.0andextractedthevCenterinstallation
files. A folder named datamigration contains a zip file called datamigration. This zip file contains the required
tools for migrating all required data from the source vCenter Server to the destination vCenter Server.
Backup Configuration Using the Data Migration Tool
•Stopthefollowingservicesonthe“source”vCenterServer:
– VMware vSphere Update Manager service
– vCenter Management Web Services
– vCenter Server service
•OpenaCommand Prompt and go to the location from which datamigration.zip was extracted.
•Typebackup.bat.