6.5.1

Procedure
1 In the vCenter Server Appliance installer, navigate to the vcsa-ui-installer directory, go to the
subdirectory for your operating system, and run the installer executable file.
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For Windows OS, go to the win32 subdirectory, and run the installer.exe file.
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For Linux OS, go to the lin64 subdirectory, and run the installer file.
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For Mac OS, go to the mac subdirectory, and run the Installer.app file.
2 On the Home page, click Migrate.
3 Review the Introduction page to understand the migration process and click Next.
4 Read and accept the license agreement, and click Next.
5 Connect to the target server to which you want to migrate the source vCenter Server.
Option Steps
You can connect to an
ESXi host on which to
deploy the target
appliance.
1 Enter the FQDN or IP address of the ESXi host.
2 Enter the HTTPS port of the ESXi host.
3 Enter the user name and password of a user with administrative privileges on the ESXi host,
for example, the root user.
4 Click Next.
5 Accept the certificate warning, if any, by clicking Yes.
You can connect to a
vCenter Server instance
and browse the inventory
to select an ESXi host or
DRS cluster on which to
deploy the target
appliance.
1 Enter the FQDN or IP address of the vCenter Server instance.
2 Enter the HTTPS port of the vCenter Server instance.
3 Enter the user name and password of a vCenter Single Sign-On user with administrative
privileges on the vCenter Server instance, for example, the
administrator@your_domain_name user.
4 Click Next.
5 Accept the certificate warning, if any, by clicking Yes.
6 Select the data center or data center folder that contains the ESXi host or DRS cluster on
which you want to deploy the new appliance, and click Next
Note You must select a data center or data center folder that contains at least one ESXi host
that is not in lockdown or maintenance mode.
7 Select the ESXi host or DRS cluster on which you want to deploy the new appliance, and click
Next.
6 (Optional) Review the warning message and try to resolve the warnings, if any, and click Yes.
7 On the Set up target appliance VM page, enter a name for the target vCenter Server Appliance, set
the password for the root user, and click Next.
The password must contain at least eight characters, a number, uppercase and lowercase letters,
and a special character, for example, an exclamation mark (!), hash key (#), at sigh (@), or brackets
(()).
Important The local operating system password is not migrated to the target appliance.
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