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
Procedure
1 Verify that the IP address is correct.
2 Verify that the Active Directory registration has not changed.
3 Verify the Network registration is correct.
4 Verify the Domain is correct.
5 Verify the certicates are valid.
6 Verify the inventory data is correctly migrated.
a Review the events history.
b Review the performance charts.
c Review the users, permissions, and roles.
If the post-upgrade or post-migration conguration conforms to your required information or CLI template
reference and expectations, the vCenter Server upgrade or migration is complete.
What to do next
You can troubleshoot unexpected behavior by reviewing logs.
Log in to vCenter Server Appliance by Using the vSphere Web Client
Log in to vCenter Server Appliance by using the vSphere Web Client to manage your vSphere inventory.
Prerequisites
In vSphere 6.0, the vSphere Web Client is installed as part of the vCenter Server Appliance deployment. This
way, the vSphere Web Client always points to the same vCenter Single Sign-On instance.
Procedure
1 Open a Web browser and enter the URL for the vSphere Web Client:
https://vceneter_server_ip_address_or_fqdn/vsphere-client.
2 Enter the credentials of a user who has permissions on vCenter Server, and click Login.
3 If a warning message about an untrusted SSL certicate appears, select the appropriate action based on
your security policy.
Option Action
Ignore the security warning for this
login session only.
Click Ignore.
Ignore the security warning for this
login session, and install the default
certificate so that the warning does
not appear again.
Select Install this and do not display any security warnings for
this server and click Ignore.
Select this option only if using the default certicate does not present a
security problem in your environment.
Cancel and install a signed
certificate before proceeding.
Click Cancel and ensure that a signed certicate is installed on the vCenter
Server system before you aempt to connect again.
The vSphere Web Client connects to all the vCenter Server Appliance systems on which the specied user
has permissions, allowing you to view and manage your inventory.
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