All VAMI functionality can be accessed both from the UI as well as using the appliancesh command-line interface. The VAMI itself has been completely re-written both on the backend as well as the frontend which is now an HTML5 interface. VAMI UI - The VAMI UI can be accessed in the familiar 5480 port by visiting the following URL of the VCSA: and requires a local OS account to login like the root user account.Two of the most frequently asked questions that I have seen from customers since the release of the VCSA 6.0 is where did the VMware Appliance Management Interface (VAMI) and URL-based patching go? These were definitely two missed features that did not make it into VCSA 6.0 release and today I am pleased to announce that they have returned with some nice enhancements! This allows customers to quickly get started using the simple Embedded VCSA deployment and as they get more comfortable and want to scale out to an External PSC for features like Enhanced Linked Mode, you can easily do so. Convert Embedded VCSA to External PSC - An Embedded VCSA deployment can now be re-configured or re-pointed to an External PSC using the new " reconfigure" and " repoint" option found in the /bin/cmsso-util utility.Previously, ESXi was the only supported deployment target. New Deployment Targets - The VCSA now supports both vCenter Server (brownfield) as well as ESXi (greenfield) as a deployment targets.When using either the Guided UI or Scripted UI, you can now deploy to an existing vCenter Server which might serve as a management cluster for example.
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Here are some of the new capabilities specifically for the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA).
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Install Single Sign On, Inventory Service, Web Client (Note: SSO Administrator Password is required).Create the ODBC DSN connection to point to new SQL server.Build new servers for vCenter 6.0 (we can user old server name & IP’s OR new).Change ODBC DSN connections on vCenter servers to point to new SQL DB server (Note: stop vCenter services before changing).SQL DB migration (restore from backup or copy DB to attach) to new SQL server.First upgrade the present vCenter servers to “vCenter 5.1 Update 3 Build 2306353”.If you have vCenter 5.1 with all services on one server and SQL DB on onother: To be clear, the most important part is just getting to 6.0 without causing issues in production Is there some way to migrate permissions/ distributed vswitch/folders/resource pools/etc to a new vCenter server?įling is only supported on 5.5, so if I upgrade straight to 6, does that make it harder to switch to a vcsa in the future?ĭo I just need to bite the bullet and migrate the current vCenter server and database to completely new server(s)/SQL then upgrade to 6, then somehow get to a vcsa down the line. I'm not overly concerned with keeping historical data. I'm really looking for a high level order of operations, and we can research the details later. What is the best way for us to get upgraded to vSphere 6 with minimal downtime.
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We would like to move from to a vcsa in the future, but that is a want, not a must.
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We have heavily utilize the distributed virtual switch. The database is running on a separate SQL 2005 server, which is not supported for Vsphere 6.0. Our current vCenter server doesn't meet the hardware requirements or have enough hard drive space. We need to upgrade from the vCenter 5.1 to 6.0