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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
Troubleshooting 9
The vSphere Migration troubleshooting topics provide solutions to problems that you might encounter
during the vCenter Server migration process.
For information about rolling back a migration, see hp://kb.vmware.com/kb/2146453
View Migration Assistant Logs and Status Files
You can use Migration Assistant log les and status les to troubleshoot migration failures.
If the migration fails, Migration Assistant generates a log le bundle on your desktop.
Procedure
1 Navigate to your desktop folder and open the VMware-MA-logs-time-of-migration-attempt.zip le,
where time-of-migration-aempt displays the year, month, date, hour, minutes, and seconds of the
migration aempt.
2 Retrieve the log les from the .zip le on your desktop.
3 Retrieve other log les and status les.
Table 9‑1. Log and status files locations on the source vCenter Server or vCenter Server Single Sign-
On
File Location
Migration Assistant log le
%temp%\migration-assistant.log
Pre-check log le
%temp%\vcsMigration\UpgradeRunner.log
Pre-check component log les
%temp
%\vcsMigration\CollectRequirements_ComponentN
ame.log
Export log le
%temp%\vcsMigration\UpgradeRunner.log
Export component log les
%temp%\vcsMigration\Export_ComponentName.log
Status le
%temp%\UpgradeRunnerExportOutput.json
Table 9‑2. Log and status files locations on the target vCenter Server Appliance or
Platform Services Controller
File Location
Log les
/var/log/vmware/upgrade/UpgradeRunner.log
/var/log/vmware/upgrade/upgrade-
requirements.log
Domain join log le
/tmp/lwidentity.join.log
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