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Table 5‑1. Information Required for Migrating vCenter Server from Windows to vCenter Server Appliance
Required Information Default Value Your Entry
Required source
vCenter Server or
vCenter Single Sign-
On migration data
vCenter Server or vCenter Single
Sign-On IP address or FQDN
vCenter Single Sign-On administrator
user name
[e-mail]
cal
Password of the vCenter Single Sign-
On administrator
Migration Assistant port number
vCenter Server or vCenter Single
Sign-On version
IP address or FQDN of the source
ESXi host on which the source
vCenter Server or vCenter Single
Sign-On resides
Source ESXi host user name with
administrative rights on the source
ESXi host
Source ESXi host password
Migrate performance & other
historical data
Disabled by default
Required target
vCenter Server
Appliance data
IP address or FQDN of the target
ESXi host or vCenter Server instance
to which you deploy the
vCenter Server Appliance to migrate
the source vCenter Server
User name with administrative
privileges for the target ESXi host. or
vCenter Server instance, data center
or data center folder, and resource
pool of an ESXi host or DRS cluster to
which to migrate the source
installation
Password for the target ESXi host. or
vCenter Server instance, data center
or data center folder, and resource
pool of an ESXi host or DRS cluster
vCenter Single Sign-On password
vCenter Single Sign-On domain name
vCenter Single Sign-On site name
Target vCenter Server Appliance
name
Password of the root user
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