You can migrate any 2.x.x version of the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics instance to 3.0 and later using the migration method. This will ensure your previous configurations and analysis reports are preserved and migrated to the new instance.

Prerequisites

  • If you are using the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics version earlier than 2.5.0, first upgrade to version 2.5.x, and then migrate to version 3.0 or later.

  • A direct migration from 2.0.x version to 3.0.x or later version is not possible.

  • IP address of the source VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics appliance and it must be reachable from the IP address and FQDN of the new appliance.

  • Download the OVA image for the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics from VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics product download.

  • Verify that you can access vSphere Infrastructure with privileges required for creating and interacting with virtual machines.

  • Verify that you have host, storage, and network configuration details for the virtual appliance being deployed, refer to the Installation Requirements section for the appliance deployment requirements.

Procedure

  1. In the vSphere Client connected to the VMware vCenter Server, right-click the datacenter or cluster or host to which you want to deploy the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics virtual appliance.
  2. Click Deploy OVF Template to start the deployment process.
  3. Perform the followings steps:
    1. On the Select an OVF Template page, select Local File, and click Upload Files.
    2. On the Open dialog page, navigate to the OVA file, click Open, select file, and click Next.
  4. On the Select a name and folder page, in the Virtual machine name text box, enter the name for Skyline Health Diagnostics virtual appliance. Select a destination folder for the virtual machine and click Next.
  5. On the Select a compute resource page, select the VMware ESXi host for the compute resource, and click Next.
  6. On the Review details page, review the settings, and click Next.
  7. On the License agreements page, accept the license agreement, and click Next.
  8. On the Select storage page, select the destination storage and optionally the format and storage policy, and click Next.
  9. Select the port group to which you want the appliance to connect and click Next.
  10. On the Customize Template page enter the details and click Next.
    1. Enter the values of the settings.

      Settings

      Value

      Initial/Current root password

      The password of the root user of VMware Photon operating system as per the security compliance policy of your organization or Password Policy.

      The password must be a minimum of 8 characters and include at least one uppercase, one lowercase, one digit, and one special character.

      Initial/Current shd-admin user password

      The password for the shd-admin user account as per the security compliance policy of your organization or Password Policy.

      The password must be a minimum of 8 characters and include at least one uppercase, one lowercase, one digit, and one special character.

      Note:

      VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics by default creates a user shd-admin with Administrator Role. This user account must not be deleted and the only account available post deployment. You can use this account to login and create further user acounts.

      Existing VMware-SHD instance IP or Hostname

      The Network IP or FQDN of an existing SHD instance, use for migrating the old deployment to new instance (Do not leave this field empty).

      Existing VMware-SHD instance IP or Hostname

      The Network IP or FQDN of an existing SHD instance, use for migrating the old deployment to new instance (Do not leave this field empty).

      Host Name

      Enter the hostname or FQDN for the appliance (leave blank in case DHCP is desired).

      Network IP Address

      Enter the IP address for the appliance (leave blank in case DHCP is desired).

      Network Prefix

      Enter the network prefix for the appliance (leave blank in case DHCP is desired).

      Default IPv4 Gateway

      Enter the default gateway for the appliance (leave blank in case DHCP is desired).

      Domain Name Servers

      Enter the IP address of the primary and secondary DNS servers, comma or space separated values are accepted (leave blank in case DHCP is desired).

      Search Domains

      DNS Search Domains [comma (,) or space-separated]. (Leave blank if DHCP is desired)

      NTP Servers

      Enter the NTP server or servers. Enter comma or space separated values if entering multiple NTP servers. NTP servers can be entered using FQDNs or IP addresses.
  11. On the Ready to complete page, click Finish, and wait for the completion of the process.
  12. After the deployment complete, power on newly deployed virtual machine.

    The Appliance boots up and finishes the initial configuration in approximately five minutes. Time required to complete the initial configuration may vary depending upon the amount of data on the source VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics instance.

Results

The VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics virtual appliance is deployed, and the configuration and report data are migrated to this new instance.

What to do next

  • After verifying that all the configurations and reports on newly migrated instance are intact, decommission the older instance of the VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics virtual appliance.

  • The IP address of the newly deployed instance is different from the previous one. In case, you want to reuse the older IP address. After you decommission the older VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics instance, you can assign the same IP to a new instance.