The GUI upgrade wizard prompts you for information about the vCenter Server Appliance 5.5, vCenter Server Appliance 6.0, or Platform Services Controller appliance 6.0 that you want to upgrade, deployment information for the new 6.5 appliance, and the types of data that you want to transfer from the old to the new appliance. It is a best practice to keep a record of the values that you entered.
You can use this worksheet to record the information that you need for upgrading a vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 with an embedded vCenter Single Sign-On, a vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 with an external vCenter Single Sign-On, a vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 with an embedded Platform Services Controller, a vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 with an external Platform Services Controller, or a Platform Services Controller appliance 6.0.
Required for Upgrade of | Required Information | Default | Your Entry | ||
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All deployment types | FQDN or IP address of the source appliance that you want to upgrade | - | |||
HTTPS port of the source appliance | 443 | ||||
vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user name of the source appliance
Important: The user must be administrator@
your_domain_name.
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[email protected] | ||||
Password of the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user | - | ||||
Password of the root user of the source appliance | - | ||||
All deployment types | FQDN or IP address of the source server on which resides that appliance that you want to upgrade The source server can be either an ESXi host or a vCenter Server instance.
Note: The source server cannot be the
vCenter Server Appliance that you want to upgrade. In such cases, use the source
ESXi host.
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HTTPS port of the source server | 443 | ||||
User name with administrative privileges on the source server
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Password of the user with administrative privileges on the source server | - | ||||
All deployment types | FQDN or IP address of the target server on which you want to deploy the new appliance. The target server can be either an ESXi host or a vCenter Server instance.
Note: The target server cannot be the
vCenter Server Appliance that you want to upgrade. In such cases, use an
ESXi host as a target server.
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HTTPS port of the target server | 443 | ||||
User name with administrative privileges on the target server
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Password of the user with administrative privileges on the target server | - | ||||
All deployment types Only if your target server is a vCenter Server instance |
Data center from the vCenter Server inventory on which you want to deploy the new appliance Optionally you can provide a data center folder. |
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ESXi host or DRS cluster from the data center inventory on which you want to deploy the new appliance | - | ||||
All deployment types | VM name for the new appliance
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VMware vCenter Server Appliance | |||
All deployment types | Password for the root user of the appliance operating system
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Deployment size of the new vCenter Server Appliance for your vSphere environment
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Tiny | |||
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Storage size of the new vCenter Server Appliance for your vSphere environment
Note: Consider the database size of the appliance that you want to upgrade and the types of the data that you want transfer to the new appliance. For an external database, see
Determine the Oracle Database Size and the Storage Size for the New Appliance.
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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Default gateway | - | ||||
DNS servers separated by commas | - | ||||
All deployment types Only if you use DHCP with IPv4 and have a Dynamic DNS (DDNS) server available in your environment. |
Temporary system name (FQDN) | - |
Required for | Required Information | Default | Your Entry | |
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vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 with an embedded vCenter Single Sign-On | vCenter Single Sign-On site name | - | ||
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Data types to transfer from the old appliance to the new appliance In addition to the configuration data, you can transfer the events, tasks, and, performance metrics.
Note: For minimum upgrade time and storage requirement for the new appliance, select to transfer only the configuration data.
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Join or do not participate in the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). For information about the CEIP, see the Configuring Customer Experience Improvement Program section in vCenter Server and Host Management. |
Join the CEIP |