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Table 2‑6. Required Information During Stage 1 of the Upgrade (Continued)
Required for Upgrade of Required Information Default Your Entry
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 (!)
-
n
vCenter Server Appliance
5.5 with an embedded
vCenter Single Sign-On
n
vCenter Server Appliance
5.5 with an external
vCenter Single Sign-On
n
vCenter Server Appliance
6.0 with an embedded
Platform Services
Controller
n
vCenter Server Appliance
6.0 with an external
Platform Services
Controller
Deployment size of the new
vCenter Server Appliance for your vSphere
environment
n
Tiny
Deploys an appliance with 2 CPUs and 10 GB
of memory.
Suitable for environments with up to 10 hosts
or 100 virtual machines.
n
Small
Deploys an appliance with 4 CPUs and 16 GB
of memory.
Suitable for environments with up to 100 hosts
or 1,000 virtual machines.
n
Medium
Deploys an appliance with 8 CPUs and 24 GB
of memory.
Suitable for environments with up to 400 hosts
or 4,000 virtual machines.
n
Large
Deploys an appliance with 16 CPUs and 32
GB of memory.
Suitable for environments with up to 1,000
hosts or 10,000 virtual machines.
n
X-Large
Deploys an appliance with 24 CPUs and 48
GB of memory.
Suitable for environments with up to 2,000
hosts or 35,000 virtual machines.
Tiny
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