As mentioned above, once the copy phase is complete, the target vCSA will take on the settings of the source vCSA. Enable Thin provisioning if desired.Ĭonfigure temporary Network Settings for the new vCSA. Select the Deployment Size of the new vCSA.ĭesignate the Datastore where the vCSA will reside. You can easily rename this in your inventory for uniformity after the upgrade. That being said, after deployment, inventory will show the name designated here for the new vCSA. For clarity, the target (new) vCSA will take on the settings of the source (original) vCSA (DNS name and network settings) after the copy phase.
Specify the Name and Password of the new vCSA. This is where the new vCSA will be deployed. Provide the pertinent information for both the Source (6.0) vCSA and the ESXi host where that vCSA resides.
This essentially lets you pull the configuration for the appliance and restore it on top of a newly deployed vCSA. Native with vCSA 6.5 is the ability to do an application level backup and restore of your vCenter. Backup and Restore – Backup and Restore is now built into the vCenter Server.This will bring over metrics, ids, and configuration. Migration Option – Migration allows users with Windows vCenter versions 5.5 and 6.0 to migrate into vCSA 6.5.
Note: In addition to Install and Upgrade, the installer also present options for Migrate and Restore. Since we will be upgrading an existing vCSA, click Upgrade.
Mount your vCSA ISO and launch the installer.exe from that location. You will now find the installer.exe in the vcsa-ui-installer/win32 folder. Kicking off the upgrade looks slightly different from the 6.x install. Stage 1 – Deploying vCenter Server Appliance 6.5
It's all you need to manage, monitor, and patch the vCenter server product successfully on a Linux VM. It is fast and easy to use and has a nice design. VMware VCSA nearly hits perfection-a nice HTML 5 web-based interface that does not require any plug-ins to install. The second command will show you all the patches staged, while the third command will proceed with the install. The first command stages (downloads) all patches to the appliance. These commands are quite self-explanatory. Use your favorite SSH client (PuTTY for example) and SSH to the appliance as root and run the the commands below: Attach the VMware-vCenter-Server-Appliance-6.7.0.xxxxx-xxxxxxxx-patch-FP.iso file to a vCenter Server Appliance CD or DVD drive. Now let's get back and see the last, the CLI method for patching. Using the pre-update checks gives you quite a precise estimate of how long the patching process will take and thus how long you'll be without vCenter server.
Now even on slow internet connections, you can stage the patches prior to the update to reduce downtime.Īnd also, not every VMware patch requires a reboot, and you can see this in the notes of each patch whether a reboot is required or not. Over the years, VMware improved the patching process greatly. This is because everybody is using either the direct internet-patching option or the offline option. This method is still possible however, we don't use it much nowadays.
Update and patch the VCSA via CLI (command line) ^ Now you can do something else because the process takes time to complete.Īt first, all the patches are staged (downloaded) to the appliance itself, and then the process will start. After doing this, the installation process will start.