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
Figure 7‑1. vCenter Server 5.5 with External vCenter Single Sign-On Before and After Migration
Windows OS
vCenter Inventory Service
vSphere Web Client
vCenter Server
Windows OS
vCenter Single Sign-On
Appliance
External vCenter
Single Sign-On 5.5
vCenter Server 5.5
External Platform
Services Controller 6.0
vCenter Server Appliance 6.0
Platform Services Controller
Appliance
vCenter Server
I The user name that you use to log in to the machine from which you want run the GUI
installer, the path to the vCenter Server Appliance installer, and your values including the passwords, must
contain only ASCII characters. Extended ASCII and non-ASCII characters are unsupported.
For each node to be migrated, the installer:
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Deploys a new target appliance.
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Exports the required les from the source vCenter Single Sign-On instance.
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Copies the required les to the target appliance for migration.
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Runs the migration process on the target appliance as specied in the Summary.
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Imports and updates the les and seings of the source vCenter Single Sign-On instance to the new
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 43
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 43
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.
vSphere Migration
42 VMware, Inc.