The GUI upgrade wizard prompts you for information about the vCenter Server appliance that you want to upgrade, deployment information for the new vCenter Server appliance 7.0. It is a best practice to keep a record of the values that you enter.
You can use this worksheet to record the information that you need for upgrading a vCenter Server appliance with an embedded Platform Services Controller or a vCenter Server appliance with an external Platform Services Controller.
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 | The virtual machine 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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The size of the source vCenter Server appliance and Platform Services Controller determines the default deployment size. Using this information, the upgrade installer calculates the best size to use for your environment, which might be the same as your existing deployment, or calculated to the next largest size. |
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Storage size of the new vCenter Server appliance for your vSphere environment.
Increase the default storage size if you want larger volume for SEAT data (stats, events, alarms, and tasks).
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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Default
Note: The sizing algorithm in use by the upgrade installer might select a larger storage size for your environment. Items that might affect the storage size selected by the installer include modifications to the
vCenter Server appliance disks (for example, changing the size of the logging partition), or databases having a database table that the installer determines to be exceptionally large and requiring additional hard disk space.
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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 physical 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 a DHCP assignment with IPv4 version for the temporary IP address and a DDNS server is available in your environment. |
Temporary system name (FQDN). | - |
Required for | Required Information | Default | Your Entry | |
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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. |