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c Under vCenter Server Appliance, enter the required data of the vCenter Server Appliance that you
want to upgrade.
Option Action
vCenter Server IP Address/FQDN
Enter the IP address or FQDN of the vCenter Server Appliance that you
want to upgrade.
vCenter Administrator User Name
Enter the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user name.
If you are upgrading vCenter Server Appliance 5.5.x, this is
[e-mail].
vCenter Administrator Password
Enter the password of the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator.
vCenter HTTPS Port
Optionally, change the default vCenter HTTPS port number.
The default value is 443.
Appliance (OS) Root password
Enter the password for the root user.
Temporary Upgrade Files Path
Optionally, change the default path to the folder in which to store the
conguration data.
By default, all the data and information about the seings of the
vCenter Server Appliance that you want to upgrade is exported
to /tmp/vmware/cis-export-folder. The data is later migrated to
the vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.
Migrate Performance & other
historical data
Optionally, select whether you want to enable migration of optional
performance and historical data stored in the database.
This includes information about alarms, events, statistics, and so on. If
the information is large, the migration might slow down the upgrade.
d Under Source ESXi Host, enter the information about the host on which the
vCenter Server Appliance that you want to upgrade resides.
Option Description
ESXi host IP address/FQDN
IP address or FQDN of the ESXi host on which the
vCenter Server Appliance that you want to upgrade resides.
ESXi host user name
User name of the user who has administrative rights on the primary
host.
ESXi host password
Password of the administrator user.
11 (Optional) Accept the warning message, if any, by clicking Yes.
12 On the Select appliance size page of the wizard, select the vCenter Server Appliance size for the
vSphere inventory size and click Next.
Option Description
Tiny (up to 10 hosts, 100 VMs)
Deploys an appliance with 2 CPUs and 8 GB of memory.
Small (up to 100 hosts, 1,000 VMs)
Deploys an appliance with 4 CPUs and 16 GB of memory.
Medium (up to 400 hosts, 4,000
VMs)
Deploys an appliance with 8 CPUs and 24 GB of memory.
Large (up to 1,000 hosts, 10,000
VMs)
Deploys an appliance with 16 CPUs and 32 GB of memory.
13 From the list of available datastores, select the location where all the virtual machine conguration les
and virtual disks will be stored and, optionally, enable thin provisioning by selecting Enable Thin Disk
Mode.
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