New Content – vSphere 6.5 Upgrade/Migration & VMware Posters Links!

New Content – vSphere 6.5

Upgrade/Migration & VMware Posters Links!

 

 

Many VMware customers tend to wait to upgrade to the next version for several reasons. Some of these are no time to do the upgrade, scared of issues that may arise during the upgrade process especially from vSphere 5.x versions, or wanting to wait until the first update is out so that all the fixes have been addressed. These are all valid concerns in which I can appreciate due to my operation experience and background supporting vSphere environments!

On July 21, 2017, VMware released vSphere 6.5 Update 1 which has many enhancements. Once of the enhancements that most are excited about is the fact that the new HTML5-based vSphere Web Client is now at approximately 90% feature parity to the old Java-based vSphere Web Client which was know for being slow and clunky. Hopefully, by the next update of vSphere, the HTML5 client will be at full feature parity. At which time, VMware will retire the old Java-based client.

The HTML5 client enhancements are just one of numerous reasons why you should consider updating to vSphere 6.5. Another primary reason is that there are many new featured within the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) like embedded Backup/Restore Tool, vSphere Update Manager is embedded, and the new vCenter Server Appliance High Availability (HA) configuration option. So there are some great enhancements that should encourage you to upgrade to the latest version of vSphere and vCenter server!

VMware has created a Migration Assistance Tool to help migrate your vSphere 5.5/6.x environments to the new vSphere 6.5. Even if you are currently running a Windows based version of vCenter in the older version, the tool can migrate the vCenter database, performance data and metrics, etc. to the new vCenter Server Appliance 6.5. There are several supported migration options based on your vCenter server, Single-Sign-On (SSO), or Platform Service Controller (PSC) architectures you may be currently running.

So take a look at my Useful Links page on this site to see the links to below resources that can help you migrate to the new vSphere 6.5!

  • Top Reasons to Upgrade to vSphere 6.5 Infographic
  • vSphere 6.5 Upgrade Considerations – Part 1
  • vSphere 6.5 Upgrade Considerations – Part 2
  • Announcing the vSphere 6.5 Topology and Upgrade Planning Tool
  • vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 Migration Walkthrough
  • VMware Doc’s – Migration Assistance Tool
  • vSphere 6.5 – Upgrade Guide
  • VMware vCenter Server Appliance Poster
  • Platform Services Controller Topology Decision Tree Poster

 

Click here to go to the Useful Links tab within my website!

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 Migration Walkthrough

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 Migration Walkthrough – via VMware vSphere Blog

vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 Migration Walkthrough

A new guided migration walkthrough is available on the VMware Feature Walkthrough site. This click-by-click guide covers an embedded migration from a Windows vCenter 6.0 to a VCSA 6.5.


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Moving from windows vCenter to vCSA 6.5 using…

Moving from windows vCenter to vCSA 6.5 using the migration-assistant – vPirate

Moving from windows vCenter to vCSA 6.5 using…

Since the introduction of vCenter Server appliance (vCSA), there has always been a debate on which one is better (Windows based deployment or vCSA) and what one’s advantages over the other is.


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Migrating to vCenter 6.5: Design Decisions and Important Characteristics/Limitations to Consider

Migrating to vCenter 6.5: Design Decisions and Important Characteristics/Limitations to Consider– vLenzker

Migrating to vCenter 6.5: Design decisions and…

Since vSphere and vCenter 6.5 are released now, a customer engagement put me into a position to gather much more information about characteristics and limitations within vCenter 6.5.


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Migrating from VCSA embedded PSC to external PSC

Migrating from VCSA embedded PSC to external PSC – Blah, Cloud.

Migrating from VCSA embedded PSC to external PSC

On a bit of a shorter note to my previous article/novella1 – I have been moving my lab to a bit more of an “enterprise” style architecture – deploying SRM was in the way for that, so I had the need to set up another vCenter, however this gave the opportunity to move to a multi-PSC, multi-VC architecture.


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New MDM Migration Tool Automates Transition…

New MDM Migration Tool Automates Transition from Legacy Vendors to AirWatch EMM -AirWatch Blog

New MDM Migration Tool Automates Transition…

Migrating from legacy mobile device management (MDM) to enterprise mobility management (EMM) is a painful process. Often that pain blocks IT from moving to a desired, next-gen EMM platform. To help IT get the EMM tools they need without the hassle, VMware today announced a new automated MDM migration tool and professional services. VMware’s innovative […]


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VCSA Migration Tool gets official release

VCSA Migration Tool gets official release -vMustard.com

VCSA Migration Tool gets official release

The migration path from Windows vCenter Server to the vCenter Appliance has just got a whole lot more official, after the VCSA migration tool gets it’s official release. Formerly only available as a Fling, the newly GA’d Windows vCenter Server to vCenter Server Appliance Migration Toolprovides an officially supported upgrade and migration path… The post VCSA Migration Tool gets official release appeared first on vMustard.com.


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vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 Migration

“vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 Migration” via pelicanohintsandtips.wordpress.com

vCenter 5.5 to 6.0 Migration

When vSphere 6 was released the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) was brought in line with the traditional Windows based vCenter Server. This meant that the appliance version of vCenter was the recommended version to implement. But how do you get … Continue reading →


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