Migration VCenter Server 5.0U1to VCSA 5.1

[palang]

Hello

Is there the any wayto migrate a VCenter Server (2008R264BIT) to the new VCenter Appliance 5.1 ?

Thanks a lot

[admin]

Hi  palang,

Welcome to the communities .

what about below document , If not followed please do it .

https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-esx-vcenter-server-51-release-notes.html?ClickID... .

"Life is never easy for those who dream"

[Lasse_T]

Hi palang

Yes there is (This is if you use the vCenter Appliance virtual server)..

1st there is a VCenter v5.1 appliance download (use the vSphere client to get it on your server. I suggest the same host thats running your 5.0 app), please note that the 5.1 app will take the IP of the old 5.0 app, so use the default of getting a DHCP adr. (The address it gets will be shown in the console window of the app)

2nd MAKE SURE you take a snapshot of your old 5.0 Appliance before you start, there is no roll back and I screwed it up !!!

Mine failed in the middle of the transfer between the old and new appliance, making both unable to function, so I ended up doing a fresh install of the vCenter Appliance. It worked, but I had to re-enter license keys and templates looks to have gone. The fault is most likely becasue my server was 6 months behind in date/time and it had issues creating a database. My servers are now setup correctly with the NTP demon, but if you just make sure the date/time is correct that is proberly all thats needed.

Good luck!

links:

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.upgrade.doc%2FGUID-6A5C596D-...

http://vmwire.com/2011/07/15/vsphere-vcenter-server-linux-virtual-appliance-quick-start-guide/

[jtcovenant]

I know that it has been a while since this post was done, but I am looking at about the same situation.

We have a 2008R2 system running vCenter Server 5.0.  We need to upgrade to 5.1, and I have had no luck with an in place upgrade.  What I am looking to do, which sounds close to what the OP was asking) is to migrate from the vCenter Server on the Windows Server over to a VMWare vCenter Server Appliance.

I have the Applicane up and running, although at this point it is not managing anything since the Host is still controled by the 5.0 vCetner Server.  I do not see any tools and functions to export and import the database or to even stream the information between the two system to get them in sync.