6.0.2

Pre-migration Checks 3
When you migrate vCenter Server or vCenter Single Sign-On on Windows to an appliance, the installer does
a pre-check, for example, to verify that enough space is available on the source machine, and veries that the
external database, if any, can be successfully accessed.
Source Environment Checks
When you migrate vCenter Single Sign-On (version 5.5), the vCenter Single Sign-On is included as part of
the Platform Services Controller.
If your vCenter Server service is running in a service user account for access to the vCenter Server database
and you run Migration Assistant under a dierent account, the Migration Assistant account must have the
Replace a process level token permission.
The pre-migration checker performs checks for the following aspects of the source environment:
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Network connections
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Internal and external port availability
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Administrator privileges on the Windows machine
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Any credentials that you enter
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Supported product and version
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Administrator privilege for launching Migration Assistant
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Migration Assistant port availability
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Export directory space and permission requirements
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System name validity
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Inventory size compatibility
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External vCenter Single Sign-On version
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vCenter Single Sign-On and vCenter Server certicate compatibility
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NTP server validity
Target Environment Checks
The pre-migration checker performs checks for the following aspects of the target environment:
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Network connections
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Target vCenter Server IP address
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