Shulou(Shulou.com)06/01 Report--

9.3 upgrade vCenter Server 5.5 to 6.0

Before upgrading vCenter Server 5.5, check that your vCenter Server 5.5 virtual machine has at least 8GB memory and 2 processors, as shown in figure 1-15. If the virtual machine where your vCenter Server is located does not meet the requirements, please modify the configuration of the virtual machine to meet the requirements.

Figure 1-15 check vCenter Server configuration

After the conditions are met, load the installation CD (image) of vCenter Server 6.0, run the installation program of vCenter Server 6.0and start the upgrade, as follows.

[important] Please upload the installation image of vCenter Server to the storage of ESXi and load it with a virtual optical drive. Do not use the vCenter Server installation image of vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client. Otherwise, in the process of upgrading vCenter Server, the loaded image will lose its link because the vCenter Server service is stopped, which will cause the vCenter Server virtual machine to find the installation image and cause the upgrade to fail.

(1) install in vCenter Server 6. 0. Interface, select "vCenter Server for Windows" and click the "install" button, as shown in figure 1-16.

(2) in the "Welcome to VMware vCenter Server 6.0.0 setup" dialog box, the installer prompts "vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 and vCenter Server 5.5 detected on this computer and will upgrade to vCenter Server 6.0.0 with embedded Platform Services Controller", click the "next" button, as shown in figure 1-17.

Figure 1-16 install vCenter Server figure 1-17 upgrade Wizard

(3) in the end user license Agreement dialog box, click "I accept the terms of the license agreement" and click the "next" button, as shown in figure 1-18.

(4) in the vCenter Single Sign-On and vCenter Serve credentials dialog box, enter the administrator password for vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO) and select use the same credentials for vCenter Server, as shown in figure 1-19. If vCenter Server and SSO have different credentials, enter them separately.

Figure 1-18 acceptance of license Agreement figure 1-19 SSO and vCenter Server credentials

(5) if the original vCenter Server uses the "Microsoft SQL Express" database, the database is migrated to VMware vPostgres, as shown in figure 1-20.

(6) in the configure Ports dialog box, the ports for vCenter Server-related services are displayed, as shown in figure 1-21.

Figure 1-20 Database Migration figure 1-21 vCenter Server 6 related ports

(7) in the Target Directory dialog box, select the storage location for the current vCenter Server 6 deployment, as shown in figure 1-22. This dialog box shows the location where the original 5.x database was exported.

(8) in the "prepare for upgrade" dialog box, click "I confirm that I have backed up this vCenter Server computer and embedded Microsoft SQL Server Express database", and click the "upgrade" button, as shown in figure 1-23. It is also prompted on this page that after upgrading vCenter Server 5.5 to 6.0, the current vCenter Server license will be in Evaluation Mode.

Figure 1-22 Target Directory figure 1-23 upgrade

(9) after that, vCenter Server 5.5 will be upgraded and the installation progress will be shown, as shown in figure 1-24.

(10) after a period of time, the upgrade from vCenter Server 5.5 to 6.0 is complete. In the "installation complete" dialog box, you will be prompted that "your vCenter Server 5.5 has been upgraded to version 6.0.0", as shown in figure 1-25.

Figure 1-24 installation progress figure 1-25 installation completed

9.4 upgrade vSphere Client

After upgrading the vCenter Server, the corresponding vSphere Client will also be upgraded. Upgrading vSphere Client is easy. You can run the vSphere Client installer on the vCenter Server 6.0installation CD, or you can connect to vCenter Server using the original version, and you will be prompted to upgrade automatically.

(1) use vSphere Client to connect to vCenter Server, as shown in figure 1-26.

Figure 1-26 Connect vCenter Server

(2) if the current vSphere Client is not consistent with the connected vCenter Server version, the "updating" dialog box will pop up, click "run setup" (as shown in figure 1-27), and the corresponding vSphere Client installer will be automatically downloaded from vCenter Server, as shown in figure 1-28.

Figure 1-27 run the installer figure 1-28 automatically download the corresponding client program

(3) when the update download is complete, click the OK button, as shown in figure 1-29.

(4) then enter the installation program of vSphere Client 6.0. select the installation language and click the "OK" button, as shown in figure 1-30.

Figure 1-29 download update completed figure 1-30 Select installation language

(5) enter the installation program of vSphere Client 6.0, as shown in figure 1-31.

[note] different versions of vSphere Client can "coexist", so when installing a higher version or a lower version of vSphere Client, the original version of vSphere Client will not be uninstalled. After installation, you can manage different vCenter Server or ESXi in the same vSphere Client.

(6) then install vSphere Client according to the wizard until the installation is complete, as shown in figure 1-32.

Figure 1-31 vSphere Client installation Wizard figure 1-32 installation of vSphere Client completed

(7) logging in to vCenter Server again will pop up "your evaluation license will expire in X days", as shown in figure 1-33.

Figure 1-33 VMware Assessment Notification

Then go to the vCenter Server management interface and add a license for vCenter Server 6.

[note] if you use vSphere Web Client to manage vCenter Server, after upgrading to vCenter Server 6.0, upgrade the browser version used by the client (vSphere Web Client for managing vCenter Server or ESXi) to IE 10 or later. Using earlier versions of IE browsers will not be able to use vSphere Web Client 6.

If the management end and vCenter Server are not in the same network segment, when using vSphere Web Client, please use the name of the vCenter Server computer to log in. If the name cannot be resolved, you need to modify the local hosts file to resolve the name of vCenter Server to the IP address of vCenter Server, otherwise you cannot log in to vCenter Server with vSphere Web Client.

After reading the article, please vote for me.

Http://edu.51cto.com/activityvote/voteRanking

Welcome to subscribe "Shulou Technology Information " to get latest news, interesting things and hot topics in the IT industry, and controls the hottest and latest Internet news, technology news and IT industry trends.