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
After Migrating vCenter Server 8
After you migrate to vCenter Server Appliance, consider the post-migration options and requirements.
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You can review the migration logs. See “View Migration Assistant Logs and Status Files,” on page 53.
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Complete any component recongurations that might be required for changes during upgrade.
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Verify that you understand the authentication process and identify your identity sources.
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Upgrade any additional modules that are linked to this instance of vCenter Server Appliance, such as
vSphere Update Manager.
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Optionally, upgrade or migrate the ESXi hosts in the vCenter Server Appliance inventory to the same
version as the vCenter Server Appliance instance.
For more information about conguring the vCenter Server Appliance, see vSphere Installation and Setup,
vSphere Upgrade, and vCenter Server Appliance Conguration guides.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Check vCenter Server Instance Upgrade or Migration,” on page 51
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“Verify Your vCenter Server Appliance Migration Is Successful,” on page 51
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“Log in to vCenter Server Appliance by Using the vSphere Web Client,” on page 52
Check vCenter Server Instance Upgrade or Migration
You can check the target vCenter Server Appliance to determine if it is migrated from a vCenter Server on
Windows or from vCenter Server Appliance.
Procedure
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Log in to the vCenter Server Appliance shell and run the following command:
install-parameter upgrade.source.platform
The command returns the platform of the source vCenter Server instance, for example windows.
What to do next
“Verify Your vCenter Server Appliance Migration Is Successful,” on page 51
Verify Your vCenter Server Appliance Migration Is Successful
You can verify the success of your vCenter Server Appliance migration.
You must be logged into migrated vCenter Server instance. If you created a reference of required
information, you can use it to validate the migration success.
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