VMware VCS to VCSA Converter

The VCS to VCSA Converter Appliance is the winning idea from the 2013 Fling Contest. It allows customers to migrate from Windows vCenter Server with an External Microsoft SQL Server Database to the vCenter Server Appliance with an embedded vPostgres database. The Fling migrates the vCenter database, roles, permissions, privileges, certificates and inventory service. The target appliance will run at the same IP address as the source vCenter. System Requirements vCenter Server running on Windows - vSphere 5.5 or greater The Windows vCenter Server and the vCenter Server Appliance should be running the same version (e.g. vCenter Server Windows 5.5u1…
Read More

VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6 – Install

The vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) is no longer deployed as an .OVA or .OVF instead the new version 6 uses a guided installer within a browser session. Please note these are installation instructions for the beta release and may change when GA. 1. Download the VMware-VCSA-all-6.0.0-2175370.iso file from VMware 2. Mount the iso and install the Client Intergration Plugin (located in \vcsa\VMware-ClientIntegrationPlugin-6.0.0.exe) 3. Once installed run the index.html 4. Click Install 5 Accept the EULA. 6.  Specify the ESXi host that you want to install the VCSA on. (more…)
Read More