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
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Copies the required les to the new vCenter Server Appliance.
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Runs the migration process on the new vCenter Server Appliance as specied in the Summary.
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Imports and updates the les and seings of the source vCenter Server installation to the new
vCenter Server Appliance.
Prerequisites
Assemble the “Required Information for Migrating vCenter Server and vCenter Single Sign-On from
Windows to an Appliance,” on page 30.
Procedure
1 Download the vCenter Server Appliance Installer on page 36
Download the .iso installer for the vCenter Server Appliance and Client Integration Plug-in.
2 Copy and Run VMware Migration Assistant on the Source vCenter Server Instance on page 36
You must Copy and run the VMware Migration Assistant on your source vCenter Server or
vCenter Single Sign-On to prepare it for migration from Windows to an appliance.
3 Migrate vCenter Server with an Embedded vCenter Single Sign-On to an Appliance on page 37
You can use the Client Integration Plug-In to migrate a vCenter Server 5.5.x that uses the embedded
vCenter Single Sign-On instance to a vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 with an embedded
Platform Services Controller.
Download the vCenter Server Appliance Installer
Download the .iso installer for the vCenter Server Appliance and Client Integration Plug-in.
Prerequisites
Create a My VMware account at hps://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/.
Procedure
1 Download the vCenter Server Appliance installer from the VMware Web site at
hps://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads.
2 Conrm that the md5sum is correct.
See the VMware Web site topic Using MD5 Checksums at
hp://www.vmware.com/download/md5.html.
3 Mount the ISO image to a Windows virtual machine or physical server dierent from the source
vCenter Server or vCenter Single Sign-On. Mount the ISO image to the Windows virtual machine or
physical server on which you want to install the Client Integration Plug-In to migrate to the
vCenter Server Appliance.
If you are using a Windows virtual machine, you can congure the ISO image as a datastore ISO le for
the CD/DVD drive of the virtual machine by using the vSphere Web Client. See vSphere Virtual Machine
Administration.
Copy and Run VMware Migration Assistant on the Source
vCenter Server Instance
You must Copy and run the VMware Migration Assistant on your source vCenter Server or
vCenter Single Sign-On to prepare it for migration from Windows to an appliance.
You run the VMware Migration Assistant on your source vCenter Server or vCenter Single Sign-On to:
1 Discover the source deployment type.
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