Upgrade VCenter Server From 6.5 Windows Based To 6.7 Or 7 Appliance Based
Mujahed Hussain | Fri, 10 Dec 2021 at 04:26 hours | Replies : 1 | Points : 100
Category : ESX/ESXi
Hi Friends,
Please help to Upgrade VCenter Server From 6.5 Windows Based To 6.7 Or 7 Appliance Based.
Hi,
Please follow the below steps for Migration from Windows vCenter to VCSA Appliance 6.7 is as below.
1. Backup team will take full backup of Windows vCenter Application VAppServer01
2. Backup team will take full backup including database backup of Windows vCenter database server - VDBServer01
3. Take VM Snapshot of vCenter Application Server.
4. Run pre-migration check again on vCenter application server to verify the output for any errors or critical warning's
5. Run vcsa-ui-installer to start migration from any jumphost server.
6. Migrating from vCenter server for windows to vCenter server appliance is a two stage process as mentioned below-
(a) deploy vCenter server appliance with an embedded platform services controller
(b) copying of data from source machine to deployed appliance
7. After successful completion of above task (6a, 6b) Perform necessary health check on newly deployed appliance like verifying all the services, vSAN health check, accessing vCenter GUI & verifying Identity source & necessary permissions.
Hope it will help.
