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Table 2‑8. Information Required for Upgrading vCenter Server for Windows.
Required Information Default Value Your Entry
vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user name administrator@vsphere
.local
Important The user
must be
administrator@your_d
omain_name.
You cannot change the default user
name during upgrade.
vCenter Single Sign-On administrator password
Enable or disable Use the same credentials for vCenter Server Enabled by default
vCenter Server user name administrator@vsphere
.local
Important The user
must be
administrator@your_d
omain_name.
vCenter Server password
Syslog Service Port 514
Syslog Service TLS Port 1514
Auto Deploy Management Port 6502
Auto Deploy Service Port 6501
ESXi Dump Collector Port 6500
Destination Directory
The folder paths cannot
contain non-ASCII
characters, commas (,),
periods (.), exclamation
points (!), pound signs (#),
at signs (@), or percentage
signs (%).
Directory to install vCenter Server
C:\Program
Files\VMware
Directory to store data for
vCenter Server
C:\ProgramData\VMw
are
Directory to which to export your
old 5.x data
C:\ProgramData\VMw
are\VMware\vCenter
Server\export
Join or do not participate in the VMware Customer Experience
Improvement Program (CEIP).
For information about the CEIP, see the Configuring Customer
Experience Improvement Program section in vCenter Server
and Host Management.
Join the CEIP
Upgrading vCenter Server 6.0 or 6.5 on Windows
You upgrade a vCenter Server instance with an embedded Platform Services Controller in one step.
When you upgrade a vCenter Server with an external Platform Services Controller on Windows, you
upgrade the instance in two steps.
1 First you upgrade the Platform Services Controller instance to version 6.7. For upgrade steps, see
Upgrade vCenter Platform Services Controller 6.0 or 6.5 on Windows.
vCenter Server Upgrade
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