Installation guide

3 Use the application to create a system DSN and test the connectivity.

The system now has a DSN that is compatible with vCenter Server. When the vCenter Server installer prompts

you for a DSN, select the 64-bit DSN.

Restore the vCenter Server Configuration and Install vCenter Server on

the Destination Machine

Use the data migration tool to start the vCenter Server installer and restore the vCenter Server configuration

to the destination machine.

Restore the vCenter Server Configuration and a Bundled Database and Install vCenter Server on the

Destination Machine on page 39

If you used the data migration tool to back up the vCenter Server configuration and bundled SQL Server

database, use the data migration tool to install vCenter Server and restore the vCenter Server

configuration and database to the destination machine.

Restore the vCenter Server Configuration and Install vCenter Server on the New Machine with a

Nonbundled Database on page 41

If you used the data migration tool to back up the configuration of a vCenter Server system connected

to a nonbundled database, use the data migration tool to install vCenter Server and restore the vCenter

Server configuration to the destination machine.

Restore the vCenter Server Configuration and a Bundled Database and Install

vCenter Server on the Destination Machine

If you used the data migration tool to back up the vCenter Server configuration and bundled SQL Server

database, use the data migration tool to install vCenter Server and restore the vCenter Server configuration

and database to the destination machine.

Use this procedure if you used the data migration tool to back up a SQL Server Express database local to the

vCenter Server machine. The data migration tool restores the database to the new machine.

VMware recommends using the same host name for the destination machine that you used for the source

machine.

Prerequisites

Ensure that the destination vCenter Server machine has access to all other systems that it must connect to, such

as the domain server, Windows Active Directory server with vCenter user accounts, database server, license

server, and so on.

Procedure

1 Copy the datamigration folder from the source machine to the destination machine.

2 Insert the vCenter Server installation media into the DVD-ROM drive on the new machine, or copy the

installation ISO image to the new machine.

3 From the Windows command prompt, change to the datamigration folder copied from the source machine

and type install.bat.

4 If the name of the new machine is different from the name of the source machine, enter y to continue.

5 Enter the path to the vCenter Server installation media.

For example, if the installation media is in D:\Temp\VMware-VIMSetup-en-4.1.0-

build number

, enter

D:\Temp\VMware-VIMSetup-en-4.1.0-

build number

The install script verifies that migration data is present, and launches the vCenter Server installer.

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