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
2 Run pre-checks on the source.
3 Report errors that must be addressed before starting the migration.
4 Provide information for the next steps in the migration process.
I Ensure that the Migration Assistant window remains open during the migration process.
Closing the Migration Assistant causes the migration process to stop.
Prerequisites
n
“Download the vCenter Server Appliance Installer,” on page 36
n
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 dierent account, the Migration Assistant account
must have the Replace a process level token permission.
Procedure
1 Navigate to the migration-assistant directory of the vCenter Server Appliance installer package and
copy the migration-assistant folder to the source vCenter Server or vCenter Single Sign-On instance.
2 Start Migration Assistant
n
Double-click VMware-Migration-Assistant.exe
n
From the command line run VMware-Migration-Assistant.exe --help to launch Migration
Assistant and display the help options.
The VMware Migration Assistant runs pre-migration checks and prompts you to resolve any errors it
nds before proceeding with the migration.
3 Enter the user name and password of a user who has administrative privileges on the vCenter Server
instance, for example, the administrator@vsphere.local user
When the pre-checks are nished and any errors are addressed, your source system is ready for migration.
What to do next
Follow the VMware Migration Assistant instructions to start migration.
R Leave the Migration Assistant window open until you complete the migration.
Migrate vCenter Server with an Embedded vCenter Single Sign-On to
an Appliance
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.
Prerequisites
n
If you plan to deploy the target vCenter Server Appliance on an ESXi host, verify that the ESXi host is
not in lockdown or maintenance mode
n
If you plan to deploy the target vCenter Server Appliance on a DRS cluster of a vCenter Server
inventory, verify that the cluster contains at least one ESXi host that is not in lockdown or maintenance
mode.
n
If you plan to assign a static IP address in the temporary network seings of the appliance, verify that
you have congured the forward and reverse DNS records for the IP address.
Chapter 6 Migration of vCenter Server with an Embedded vCenter Single Sign-On to an Appliance
VMware, Inc. 37