6.0.2

You can use this worksheet to record the information that you need for upgrading a
vCenter Server Appliance version 5.1 Update 3 or 5.5.x.
Table 3‑4. Information Required for Upgrading vCenter Server Appliance 5.1.x or 5.5..x
Required Information Default Value Your Entry
IP address or FQDN of the target ESXi host on which you
upgrade the vCenter Server Appliance
Credentials of a user
who has administrative
rights on the target ESXi
host
Target ESXi host user name
Target ESXi host password
vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 name
Version of the vCenter Server Appliance to upgrade to
vCenter Server Appliance 6.0
Data for the
vCenter Server
Appliance to upgrade
vCenter Server Appliance IP
address or FQDN
vCenter Single Sign-On
administrator user name
If you upgrade from
vCenter Server
Appliance 5.5.x this
is
administrator@vsphe
re.local
Password of the vCenter Single
Sign-On administrator
vCenter Server HTTPS port
number
Password of the root user
Temporary upgrade les path
/tmp/vmware/cis-
export-folder
Migrate performance & other
historical data
Disabled by default
IP address or FQDN of the source ESXi host on which the
vCenter Server Appliance that you want to upgrade resides
Credentials of a user
who has administrative
rights on the source ESXi
host
Source ESXi host user name
Source ESXi host password
vCenter Single Sign-On
seings
Required only if you are
upgrading a
vCenter Server
Appliance version 5.1.x
vCenter Single Sign-On
password
vCenter Single Sign-On
domain name
vCenter Single Sign-On site
name
vCenter Server Appliance size.
The options vary depending on the size of your vSphere
environment.
n
Tiny (up to 20 hosts, 400 virtual machines)
n
Small (up to 150 hosts, 3,000 virtual machines)
n
Medium (up to 300 hosts, 6,000 virtual machines)
n
Large (up to 1,000 hosts, 10,000 virtual machines)
Tiny (up to 20 hosts,
400 virtual
machines)
Name of the datastore on which the new version of the
vCenter Server Appliance is deployed
vSphere Upgrade
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