You can use the GUI installer to perform an interactive upgrade of a vCenter HA cluster 6.5 that uses an external Platform Services Controller instance to vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 with an external Platform Services Controller. You must run the GUI upgrade from a Windows, Linux, or Macintosh computer that is in the same network as the appliance that you want to upgrade.
A vCenter HA cluster consists of three vCenter Server Appliances that act as Active, Passive, and Witness nodes. The Active vCenter HA node is upgraded using a migration-based upgrade while preserving the existing configuration.
Prerequisites
- Ensure that your environment meets the prerequisites for upgrading a vCenter HA cluster. See Prerequisites for Upgrading vCenter Server High Availability Environments.
- See Required Information for Upgrading a vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 or 6.5 or Platform Services Controller Appliance 6.0 or 6.5.
- Upgrade or migrate the external Platform Services Controller 6.0 instances in the domain to Platform Services Controller 6.7.
