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
vCenter Server Appliance
Requirements 2
You can migrate the vCenter Server Appliance on an ESXi host 5.0 or later. Your system must also meet
specic software and hardware requirements.
When you use Fully Qualied Domain Names, make sure that the machine you use for deploying the
vCenter Server Appliance and the ESXi host are on the same DNS server.
Before you migrate the vCenter Server to vCenter Server Appliance, synchronize the clocks of all virtual
machines on the vSphere network. Unsynchronized clocks might result in authentication problems and can
cause the installation to fail or prevent the vCenter Server Appliance services from starting. See
“Synchronizing Clocks on the vSphere Network,” on page 24.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“vCenter Server Appliance Hardware Requirements,” on page 9
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“vCenter Server Appliance Storage Requirements,” on page 10
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“Software Included in the vCenter Server Appliance,” on page 11
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“vCenter Server Appliance Software Requirements,” on page 11
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“vCenter Server Appliance Database Requirements,” on page 11
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“vSphere Web Client Software Requirements,” on page 11
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“Required Ports for vCenter Server and Platform Services Controller,” on page 12
vCenter Server Appliance Hardware Requirements
When you deploy the vCenter Server Appliance, you can select to deploy an appliance that is suitable for
the size of your vSphere environment. The option that you select determine the number of CPUs and the
amount of memory that the appliance will have.
The hardware requirements such as number of CPUs and memory depend on the size of your vSphere
inventory.
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