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Table 3‑7. Required Information During Stage 1 of the Upgrade (Continued)
Required for Upgrade of Required Information Default Your Entry
All deployment types FQDN or IP address of the target server on which
you want to deploy the new appliance.
The target server can be either an ESXi host or a
vCenter Server instance.
Note The target server cannot be the
vCenter Server Appliance that you want to
upgrade. In such cases, use an ESXi host as a
target server.
-
HTTPS port of the target server 443
User name with administrative privileges on the
target server
n
If your target server is an ESXi host, use root.
n
If your target server is a vCenter Server
instance, use
user_name@your_domain_name, for
example, [e-mail].
-
Password of the user with administrative privileges
on the target server
-
All deployment types
Only if your target server is a
vCenter Server instance
Data center from the vCenter Server inventory on
which you want to deploy the new appliance
Optionally you can provide a data center folder.
-
ESXi host or DRS cluster from the data center
inventory on which you want to deploy the new
appliance
-
All deployment types VM name for the new appliance
n
Must not contain a percent sign (%), backslash
(\), or forward slash (/)
n
Must be no more than 80 characters in length
VMware vCenter
Server Appliance
All deployment types Password for the root user of the appliance
operating system
n
Must contain only lower ASCII characters
without spaces.
n
Must be at least 8 characters, but no more
than 20 characters in length
n
Must contain at least one uppercase letter
n
Must contain at least one lowercase letter
n
Must contain at least one number
n
Must contain at least one special character, for
example, a dollar sign ($), hash key (#), at
sign (@), period (.), or exclamation mark (!)
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