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
3 Migrate an External vCenter Single Sign-On instance to a Platform Services Controller appliance on
page 44
You can use the Client Integration Plug-In to migrate an external vCenter Single Sign-On instance to a
Platform Services Controller appliance.
4 Migrate vCenter Server to an Appliance on page 47
You can use the Client Integration Plug-In to migrate a vCenter Server 5.5.x 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.
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
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“Download the vCenter Server Appliance Installer,” on page 36
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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.
Chapter 7 Migration of vCenter Server with an External vCenter Single Sign-On to an Appliance
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