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c Under vCenter Server Appliance, enter the required data of the vCenter Server Appliance that you
want to upgrade.
Option Action
vCenter Server IP Address/FQDN
Enter the IP address or FQDN of the vCenter Server Appliance that you
want to upgrade.
vCenter Administrator User Name
Enter the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user name.
If you are upgrading vCenter Server Appliance 5.5.x, this is
[e-mail].
vCenter Administrator Password
Enter the password of the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator.
vCenter HTTPS Port
Optionally, change the default vCenter HTTPS port number.
The default value is 443.
Appliance (OS) Root password
Enter the password for the root user.
Temporary Upgrade Files Path
Optionally, change the default path to the folder in which to store the
conguration data.
By default, all the data and information about the seings of the
vCenter Server Appliance that you want to upgrade is exported
to /tmp/vmware/cis-export-folder. The data is later migrated to
the vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.
Migrate Performance & other
historical data
Optionally, select whether you want to enable migration of optional
performance and historical data stored in the database.
This includes information about alarms, events, statistics, and so on. If
the information is large, the migration might slow down the upgrade.
d Under Source ESXi Host, enter the information about the host on which the
vCenter Server Appliance that you want to upgrade resides.
Option Description
ESXi host IP address/FQDN
IP address or FQDN of the ESXi host on which the
vCenter Server Appliance that you want to upgrade resides.
ESXi host user name
User name of the user who has administrative rights on the primary
host.
ESXi host password
Password of the administrator user.
11 (Optional) Accept the warning message, if any, by clicking Yes.
12 Set up the vCenter Single Sign-On seings for the newly deployed appliance and click Next.
I This step is mandatory only when you upgrade vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 Update 3.
For upgrades from vCenter Server Appliance 5.5.x the vCenter Single Sign-On data is automatically
migrated to the vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.
Option Description
vCenter SSO Password
Enter the password for vCenter Single Sign-On.
The password must be between 8 and 20 characters, and must contain at
least one uppercase leer, one lowercase leer, one number, and one
special character, such as, for example, a dollar sign ($), exclamation mark
(!), brackets (()) or at sign (@).
Confirm password
Conrm the vCenter Single Sign-On password.
SSO Domain name
Enter the vCenter Single Sign-On domain name.
The domain name must comply with the RFC 1035 standards.
SSO Site name
Enter the vCenter Single Sign-On site name.
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