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 5‑1. Information Required for Migrating vCenter Server from Windows to vCenter Server Appliance
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Required Information Default Value Your Entry
vCenter Server Appliance size.
The options vary depending on the
size of your vSphere environment.
n
Tiny (up to 20 hosts, 400 virtual
machines)
n
Small (up to 150 hosts, 3,000
virtual machines)
n
Medium (up to 300 hosts, 6,000
virtual machines)
n
Large (up to 1,000 hosts, 10,000
virtual machines)
Tiny (up to 20 hosts, 400
virtual machines)
Name of the datastore on which the
new version of the
vCenter Server Appliance is deployed
Enable or disable thin disk mode. Disabled by default
Join or do not participate in the
VMware Customer Experience
Improvement Program (CEIP).
For information about the CEIP, see
the Conguring Customer Experience
Improvement Program section in
vCenter Server and Host Management.
Join the CEIP
Temporary network
for communication
between the source
vCenter Server or
vCenter Single Sign-
on and the target
vCenter Server
Appliance
I The
IP address or port
group of the
temporary network
must be on the same
subnet as the source
vCenter Server or
vCenter Single Sign-
on. Verify that the
default gateway, IP
address, and subnet
mask match with the
port group that you
select. The port group
that you select should
be able to acquire the
source vCenter Server
or vCenter Single
Sign-on IP address.
IP address version IPv4
IP address allocation method Static
Static assignment
seings
Network address
Subnet mask
Network gateway
Network DNS servers, separated with
commas
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