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Some of these checks make sure you haveР вЂ™Р’В chosen the correct VCSA size and have provided valid credentials

#Lynda learning vmware vsphere 6.5 upgrade#

It will run through the upgrade making sure there are no issues. This precheck is a dry-run of the upgrade that will not impact the live environment.

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Once we have successfully ran our template verification we can move forward with a precheck. Prior to executing our CLI upgrade against our live environment we should use the -verify-template-only argument to make sure we properly filled out our JSON template.Р вЂ™Р’В If there are any errors we can remediate them now prior to moving forward to the next step. This will give us syntax help as well as understand what each of the arguments do.

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To investigate how to use the vcsa-cli-installer we can run the vcsa-deploy command using the help option. You can find more about the syntax of the CLI upgrade command within the vSphere Documentation hereР вЂ™Р’В or by running vcsa-deploy upgrade -help. There are quite a few arguments that can be used, but i want to highlight the two most important ones -verify-template-onlyР вЂ™Р’В and -precheck-only. Vcsa-deploy upgrade path_to_the_json_file list_of_arguments Before we do that lets explore the syntax of the CLI upgrade command.

Once your JSON template is filled out you can now move forward to execute the CLI upgrade. It is recommended to enable CEIP when upgrading to take advantage of Proactive Health Checks such as vSAN Health Checks, vSphere Health and Skyline.Р вЂ™Р’В To learn more about what information is gathered please view: Syntax of the CLI Upgrade Command The last section will ask if you wish to enable CEIP. The next section will gather information about the source vCenter Server Appliance 6.5.Р вЂ™Р’В We need to input information such as the vCenter Server that is managing our source appliance as well as credentials to access our source vCenter Server Appliance.

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For a full list of options please consult the documentation. The JSON prompts for information such as thin provisioning, deployment size, inventory name, ssh status, temporary IP information and which user options you wish to migrate.Р вЂ™Р’В We recommend using core as it will just move the configuration and inventory. The next section covers configuring the vCenter Server Appliance 6.7. When upgrading from vSphere 6.5 to vSphere 6.7 the upgrade is not done in place, we deploy a brand new vCenter Server 6.7 and import the configuration from the vCenter Server 6.5 appliance.Р вЂ™Р’В This will ask for for information on where you want to deploy the new vCenter Server Appliance 6.7.Р вЂ™Р’В Here you will enter in the hostname, username, password, deployment network, datacenter, datastore, vm folder and cluster for the destination vCenter Server. The first section we will look at is the section for the destination vCenter Server (VC). Here is an example of the JSON we will use, it is to upgrade an embedded vCenter Server 6.5 to vCenter Server 6.7.Р вЂ™Р’В When looking at this template first it may seem overwhelming but do not worry we will cover each section in more depth. To access the CLI JSON templates we first need to navigate to our vCenter Server Appliance ISO and browse to the vcsa-cli-installer folder.Р вЂ™Р’В Within this folder will be a folder called templates, and then we will drill down to the upgrade template for vcsa6.5.Р вЂ™Р’В Once here you can see there are different templates for Embedded and External Deployments as well as if you will deploy your new VCSA to an ESXi host or VC. You can read more about the JSON configuration file within our documentation. This section will cover how to prepare your JSON configuration file for CLI based upgrades. In order to use the vCenter Server Appliance CLI you must use the supplied JSON templates. Prepare Your JSON Configuration File for CLI Upgrade should be used to check for supported upgrade paths within vCenter Server and other VMware products.

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You cannot currently upgrade from vSphere 6.5 Update 2d to vSphere 6.7. Prior to upgrading your vCenter Server we should make sure we have a supported upgrade path. This walkthrough will educate you on how to use the VCSA CLI installer to upgrade an Embedded vCenter Server from vSphere 6.5 to vSphere 6.7 Upgrading vCenter Server 6.5 to vCenter Server 6.7 using VCSA CLI