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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 Name of the datastore on which you want to store
the configuration files and virtual disks of the new
appliance
Note The installer displays a list of datastores
that are accessible from your target server.
-
Enable or disable Thin Disk Mode Disabled
All deployment types Name of the network to which to connect the new
appliance
Note The installer displays a drop-down menu
with networks that depend on the network settings
of your target server. If you are deploying the
appliance directly on an ESXi host, non-ephemeral
distributed virtual port groups are not supported
and are not displayed in the drop-down menu.
The network must be accessible from the source
server on which resides that appliance that you
want to upgrade.
The network must be accessible from the client
machine from which you perform the deployment.
-
IP version for the appliance temporary address
Can be either IPv4 or IPv6.
IPv4
IP assignment for the appliance temporary
address
Can be either static or DHCP.
static
All deployment types
Only if you use a static
assignment for the temporary
IP address
Temporary system name (FQDN or IP address)
The system name is used for managing the local
system. The system name must be FQDN. If a
DNS server is not available, provide a static IP
address.
-
Temporary IP address -
For IPv4 version, a subnet mask as a dot decimal
notation or a network prefix as an integer between
0 and 32
For IPv6 version, a network prefix as an integer
between 0 and 128
-
Default gateway -
DNS servers separated by commas -
All deployment types
Only if you use a DHCP
assignment with IPv4 version
for the temporary IP address
and a DDNS server is
available in your environment.
Temporary system name (FQDN) -
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