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
Target System
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Your target system must meet specic software and hardware requirements for
vCenter Server Appliance. See Chapter 2, “vCenter Server Appliance Requirements,” on page 9.
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When you use Fully Qualied Domain Names, make sure that the machine you use for deploying the
vCenter Server Appliance and the target ESXi host or vCenter Server instance are on the same DNS
server.
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Synchronize the clocks of all target virtual machines on the vSphere network before beginning
migration. Unsynchronized clocks might result in authentication problems and can cause the migration
to fail or prevent the vCenter Server services from starting. See “Synchronizing Clocks on the vSphere
Network,” on page 24.
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