Overview of Migration from vCenter Server on Windows to vCenter Server Appliance

VMware provides supported paths for migrating from vCenter Server version 6.5 and version 6.7 installations on Windows to vCenter Server Appliance 7.0 installations.

You can migrate the following deployments:

Table 1. Supported vSphere Migration Paths

Source Configuration	Target Configuration
vCenter Server 6.5 with an Platform Services Controller embedded instance on Windows	vCenter Server Appliance 7.0
vCenter Server 6.7 with an embedded Platform Services Controller instance on Windows
vCenter Server 6.5 instance on Windows
vCenter Server 6.7 instance on Windows

Figure 1. High-level Tasks for vCenter Server on Windows Migration to vCenter Server Appliance 7.0

You can use the GUI method or the CLI method to migrate your vCenter Server installation from Windows to an appliance.

• GUI Migration of vCenter Server with an Embedded Platform Services Controller to an vCenter Server Appliance
• GUI Migration of vCenter Server with an External Platform Services Controller to an Appliance
• CLI Migration of a vCenter Server Installation from Windows to an Appliance

Important: You cannot change your deployment type during migration.