You will be able to use it for managing ESXi 6.0 hosts directly, but also to connect to vCenter 6.0. You can no longer use it to manage vCenter (this is really limited to the Web Client now), but you can use it to manage ESXi hosts directly. In the past, you would have to replace each out of the endpoint certificates, for example vCenter Server, Single Sign On, Inventory Service, Web Client, and so forth. Upgrading VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 to VCSA 6. The first good news is that vSphere 6 still includes a version of the legacy vSphere Client. vSphere 6.x Architecture vSphere Certificate replacement and implementation is much easier than Center Server 5.1 or 5.5. Here is the link to the VMware vCenter Server 6.0 Deployment Guide that I refer to at the end of the video. You will then be prompted to upgrade an earlier version of Update Manager. When installer opens you need to click on Server which is located under vSphere Update Manager and then click on Install. You will need to download the full VMware vCenter 6.0 for Windows ISO file (VMware-VIMSetup-all-6.0.0-4637290.iso), mount it on your update manage server, and run the setup wizard. Lastly, don’t forget to upgrade your Update Manager server to version 6.0. Within the video, I include the fixes for the two errors shown above. VCSA upgrade error 2 – Auto Deploy service is not running or not configured properly The upgrade consists of deploying a new VCSA 6 appliance and copying all the existing data from the source VCSA 5.5ĭuring the upgrade process we will encounter two common errors: VCSA upgrade error 1 – vCenterServer FQDN does not match DNS server

The VCSA upgrade procedure does not perform an in-place upgrade of the current VCSA appliance.

Both VCSA appliances will contain an embedded platform services controller. In this video tutorial, I walk you through how to perform an upgrade of VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 to VCSA 6.0. How to upgrade VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 to VCSA 6.0

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