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Verify Your vCenter Server Appliance Upgrade or
Migration Is Successful
You can verify the success of your vCenter Server Appliance upgrade or migration.
You must be logged into the upgraded or migrated vCenter Server instance. If you created a reference of
required information based or a CLI template, you can use it to validate the upgrade or migration success.
Procedure
1 Verify that the IP address is correct.
2 Verify that the Active Directory registration has not changed.
3 Verify the Network registration is correct.
4 Verify the Domain is correct.
5 Verify the certificates are valid.
6 Verify the inventory data is correctly migrated.
a Review the events history.
b Review the performance charts.
c Review the users, permissions, and roles.
If the postupgrade or postmigration configuration conforms to your required information or CLI template
reference and expectations, the vCenter Server upgrade or migration is complete.
What to do next
You can troubleshoot unexpected behavior by reviewing logs. You can also perform a rollback to the
source configuration. See Roll Back a vCenter Server Appliance Upgrade or vCenter Server on Windows
Migration
Log in to vCenter Server by Using the vSphere Web Client
Log in to vCenter Server by using the vSphere Web Client to manage your vSphere inventory.
In vSphere 6.0 and later, the vSphere Web Client is installed as part of the vCenter Server on Windows or
the vCenter Server Appliance deployment. This way, the vSphere Web Client always points to the same
vCenter Single Sign-On instance.
Procedure
1 Open a Web browser and enter the URL for the vSphere Web Client:
https://vcenter_server_ip_address_or_fqdn/vsphere-client.
2 Enter the credentials of a user who has permissions on vCenter Server, and click Login.
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