6.0.2
Table Of Contents
- vSphere Migration
- Contents
- About vSphere Migration
- System Requirements for Migrating vCenter Server Deployments to vCenter Server Appliance Deployments
- vCenter Server Appliance Requirements
- vCenter Server Appliance Hardware Requirements
- vCenter Server Appliance Storage Requirements
- Software Included in the vCenter Server Appliance
- vCenter Server Appliance Software Requirements
- vCenter Server Appliance Database Requirements
- vSphere Web Client Software Requirements
- Required Ports for vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller
- Pre-migration Checks
- Known Limitations
- Preparing for Migration
- Moving Update Manager to a New Host Machine When Migrating vCenter Server to vCenter Server Appliance
- Synchronizing Clocks on the vSphere Network
- Preparing vCenter Server Certificates for Migration
- Preparing vCenter Server Databases for Migration
- Prepare Managed ESXi Hosts for Migration
- Install the Client Integration Plug-In
- Required Information for Migrating vCenter Server and vCenter Single Sign-On from Windows to an Appliance
- Migration of vCenter Server with an Embedded vCenter Single Sign-On to an Appliance
- Migration of vCenter Server with an External vCenter Single Sign-On to an Appliance
- After Migrating vCenter Server
- Troubleshooting
- Index
Table 2‑4. Ports Required for Communication Between Components (Continued)
Port Protocol Description Required for
Used for Node-to-
Node
Communication
636 TCP vCenter Single Sign-On LDAPS Windows
installations and
appliance
deployments of
Platform Services
Controller
vCenter Server to
Platform Services
Controller
902 TCP/UDP The default port that the
vCenter Server system uses to send
data to managed hosts. Managed
hosts also send a regular heartbeat
over UDP port 902 to the
vCenter Server system. This port
must not be blocked by rewalls
between the server and the hosts or
between hosts.
Port 902 must not be blocked between
the vSphere Client and the hosts. The
vSphere Client uses this port to
display virtual machine consoles
I You can change this port
number during the vCenter Server
installations on Windows.
Windows
installations and
appliance
deployments of
vCenter Server
No
1514 TCP/UDP vSphere Syslog Collector TLS port for
vCenter Server on Windows and
vSphere Syslog Service TLS port for
vCenter Server Appliance
I You can change this port
number during the vCenter Server
and Platform Services Controller
installations on Windows.
Windows
installations and
appliance
deployments of
n
vCenter Server
n
Platform Services
Controller
No
2012 TCP Control interface RPC for vCenter
Single Sign-On
Windows
installations and
appliance
deployments of
Platform Services
Controller
n
vCenter Server to
Platform Services
Controller
n
Platform Services
Controller to
vCenter Server
n
Platform Services
Controller to
Platform Services
Controller
2014 TCP RPC port for all VMCA (VMware
Certicate Authority) APIs
I You can change this port
number during the
Platform Services Controller
installations on Windows.
Windows
installations and
appliance
deployments of
Platform Services
Controller
n
vCenter Server to
Platform Services
Controller
n
Platform Services
Controller to
vCenter Server
2020 TCP/UDP Authentication framework
management
I You can change this port
number during the vCenter Server
and Platform Services Controller
installations on Windows.
Windows
installations and
appliance
deployments of
n
vCenter Server
n
Platform Services
Controller
n
vCenter Server to
Platform Services
Controller
n
Platform Services
Controller to
vCenter Server
vSphere Migration
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