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ipgman
Contributor
Contributor
‎02-25-2020 04:57 AM

VCSA 5.5 to 6.0 - fresh install instead of upgrade?

Hi,

Having a lot of issues with running an upgrade from VCSA 5.5 to 6.0. It's not a complex environment, instead of an upgrade can I

  • remove hosts/VMs from inventory on vCenter 5.5
  • shut down vCenter 5.5
  • install new vCenter v6 appliance
  • add hosts/VMs to inventory

Thanks

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T180985
Expert
Expert
‎02-25-2020 05:23 AM

Are you existing hosts using dVSwitches or standard switches? If Standard, you could do the following:

1. Deploy new vCenter

2. Disconnect Host from inventory on VCSA 5.5

3. Connect disconnected hosts to VCSA 6.x

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Alex_Romeo
Leadership
Leadership
‎02-25-2020 06:31 AM

Hi,

As a general rule, always remember that the vCenter must always be the same or higher than the version of the ESXi host.

So in this case he can do it safely.

If you want to try a vCenter upgrade instead, you can follow this guide:

How to upgrade vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 to version 6

Make a backup of the vCenter configurations before each update.

ARomeo

Blog: https://www.aleadmin.it/
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