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Stage 2 - Transfer the Data and Set up the Newly Deployed
Platform Services Controller Appliance
When the OVA deployment finishes, you are redirected to stage 2 of the upgrade process to transfer the
data from the old appliance and start the services of the newly deployed Platform Services Controller
appliance 6.7.
Procedure
1 Review the introduction to stage 2 of the upgrade process and click Next.
2 Wait for the pre-upgrade check to finish and read the pre-upgrade check result if any.
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If the pre-upgrade check result contains error messages, read the messages and click Logs to
export and download a support bundle for troubleshooting.
You cannot proceed with the upgrade until you have corrected the errors.
Important If you have provided incorrect vCenter Single Sign-On user name and password of
the source appliance during stage 1, the pre-upgrade check fails with an authentication error.
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If the pre-upgrade check result contains warning messages, read the messages and click Close.
After you have verified that your system meets the requirements from the warning message, you
can proceed with the upgrade.
3 Review the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) page and choose if you
want to join the program.
For information about the CEIP, see the Configuring Customer Experience Improvement Program
section in vCenter Server and Host Management.
4 On the Ready to complete page, review the upgrade settings, accept the backup acknowledgment,
and click Finish.
5 Read the shutdown warning message and click OK.
6 Wait for the data transfer and setup process to finish and click OK to go to the
Platform Services Controller Getting Started page.
The Platform Services Controller appliance is upgraded. The old Platform Services Controller appliance is
powered off and the new appliance starts.
What to do next
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If the old Platform Services Controller appliance uses a non-ephemeral distributed virtual port group,
to preserve the port group setting, you can manually connect the new appliance to the original non-
ephemeral distributed virtual port group. For information about configuring virtual machine networking
on a vSphere distributed switch, see vSphere Networking.
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