Vcenter-Upgrade-5.1to-5.5U3-Scenario
Scenario:
Existing Vcenter installation:
Host Name : vmwarevc01
host IP : 192.168.3.5
Domain : abc.com
VC version : 5.1 U2
SSO version : 5.5 U3
ESXi : 5.1 U3
Database : MS SQL 2008 sp2
OS version : Wind2008 R2 SP1
New VC installation:
Host Name : vmwarevc02
host IP : 10.32.4.5
Domain : efg.com
VC version : 5.5 U3
ESXi : 5.1 U3
Database : MS SQL 2008 sp2
OS version : Windows 2012 R2
Requirements : As you can see we are changing the IP of the VCenter host; we are upgrading new new version and we are also changing the Domain name.
while we will still be connecting to the same Database.