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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
8 On the source machine, copy the data folder of Update Manager.
The default directory where Update Manager data is stored is C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Update
Manager\Data. For a custom location of the Update Manager data folder, see the PatchStore registry
value.
9 If you used a custom SslVerifyDownloadCerticate registry value on your Update Manager source
machine, make the same customization on the destination machine.
10 If you modied the jetty-vum-ssl.xml or vci-integrity.xml les on the source machine, make the
same modication on these les on the destination machine.
The default location of the jetty-vum-ssl.xml and vci-integrity.xml les is C:\Program Files
(x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Update Manager\.
11 If you used custom certicates on the source machine, move them to the destination machine.
You can use VMware vSphere Update Manager Utility to set your new certicates. For more
information about how to use VMware vSphere Update Manager Utility, see Reconguring VMware
vSphere Update Manager documentation.
12 Uninstall Update Manager from the source machine.
For more information about uninstalling the Update Manager server, see Installing and Administering
VMware vSphere Update Manager documentation.
You have installed an exact replica of your Update Manager environment on the new destination machine.
What to do next
Start the migration process for vCenter Server to vCenter Server Appliance.
Synchronizing Clocks on the vSphere Network
Verify that all components on the vSphere network have their clocks synchronized. If the clocks on the
machines in your vSphere network are not synchronized, SSL certicates, which are time-sensitive, might
not be recognized as valid in communications between network machines.
Unsynchronized clocks can result in authentication problems, which can cause the installation to fail or
prevent the vCenter Server Appliance vpxd service from starting.
Verify that any Windows host machine on which vCenter Server runs is synchronized with the Network
Time Server (NTP) server. See the Knowledge Base article hp://kb.vmware.com/kb/1318.
To synchronize ESXi clocks with an NTP server, you can use the Host Client. For information about editing
the time conguration of an ESXi host, see vSphere Single Host Management.
Synchronize ESXi Clocks with a Network Time Server
Before you install vCenter Server or deploy the vCenter Server Appliance, make sure all machines on your
vSphere network have their clocks synchronized.
This task explains how to set up NTP from the vSphere Client. You can instead use the vicfg-ntp vCLI
command. See the vSphere Command-Line Interface Reference.
Procedure
1 Start the vSphere Client, and connect to the ESXi host.
2 On the tab, click Time .
3 Click Properties, and click Options.
4 Select NTP .
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