Before upgrading to vCenter Server Appliance 6.7, you must prepare your ESXi hosts.
Prerequisites
To upgrade vCenter Server Appliance, your ESXi hosts must meet the requirements for upgrade.
- ESXi hosts must be at version 6.0 or later. Read and follow all best practices when upgrading your hosts to ESXi 6.0 or later. For information on ESXi compatibility, see the VMware Compatibility Guide.
- Your source and target ESXi hosts must not be in lockdown or maintenance mode, and not part of fully automated DRS clusters.
- Review your environment's Certificate Authority (CA) signed SSL certificates. To learn about manually reviewing CA signed SSL certificates in a vSphere environment, see Knowledge Base article KB 2111411.
Procedure
Results
Your ESXi hosts are ready for the vCenter Server Appliance upgrade.