Where to download vcsa

Before we begin if your existing Windows vCenter is virtual it may be beneficial to rename the vCenter virtual machine name in the vSphere inventory to include -old or equivalent.

The old server is powered down but not deleted so that we have a back out. Mount the ISO on your computer. The VCSA 6. If the PSC is running on a different Windows server then you must run the Migration Assistant on the PSC server first and migrate following the instructions below, then complete the same process on the Windows vCenter Server.

Browse to the corresponding directory for your operating system, e. Right click Installer and select Run as administrator. The migration is split into 2 stages; stage 1 deploys the new appliance with temporary network settings, there is no outage to the Windows vCenter at this stage. Stage 2 migrates data and network settings over to the new appliance and shuts down the Windows server. We begin with deploying the appliance.

Enter the credentials of an administrative or root user and click Next. The installer will validate access, if prompted with an untrusted SSL certificate message click Yes to continue. Tip — connect to the vCenter for visibility of any networks using a distributed switch, connecting to the host direct will only pull back networks using a standard switch.

Enter the virtual appliance VM name, this is the name that appears in the vSphere inventory as mentioned earlier. The host name of the vCenter Server will automatically be migrated. Select the datastore to locate the virtual appliance and click Next.

Configure the temporary network settings for the appliance. These will only be used during migration of the data, once complete the temporary settings are discarded and the VCSA assumes the identity, including IP settings, of the Windows vCenter Server. Review the settings on the summary page and click Finish. The VCSA will now be deployed. Once complete click Continue to being the second stage of the migration.

Review the summary page and click Finish. The login is the root account we configured a password for during the migration wizard. Introduction This opening post in a new lab series provides a walkthrough for installing the latest iteration of vSphere 7. The vSphere download packages available from my.

Deploy vCenter Server: introduction page. Configure vCenter Server: finalise details. Like this: Like Loading Older posts. Follow Following. TLDR - To get downloading, the main VMware download page with all the stuff to sift through is here , with guidances on what exact files to get from where detailed below! If you're more of a YouTube watcher and you want to see what the ugprades to 7.

Last month on March 10, VMware made their big vSphere 7 announcement. And now today, just shy of 2 years later, the hypervisor formerly known as vSphere Heaven is now Generally Available, time to start downloading those bits to your home lab! I first heard that vSphere was available in Niels Hagoort's tweet at about am Eastern Time today, with William Lam already up and at it by then as well, and he's on Pacific Time!

Folks new to VMware sometimes get tripped up when trying to find the actual files they'll need to get started. Note that the fresh install full downloads do require you to use your MY VMware account, with free sign-up and 60 day trials, with information about potentially avoiding all that for existing vSphere 7.

Warning - vSphere 7. If you have a vSphere 6. This is a significant upgrade from 6. That means you must do your homework including checking whether your VM backup solution supports vSphere 7 yet. Likely that will take at least a month or two.

There have been significant changes here too, please read, including warnings about using boot media that's less than 32GB in size:. So if you're going forward with lab testing this anyway, but you don't have a VMware support, then you absolutely must back up everything first!

Absolutely worth every penny! Note, VCSA 6. Keep in mind this is a heckuva lot smaller than installing Windows Server and SQL Server used to be, with this Photon OS based slim Linux variant only including the code that's actually needed. Within 60 days, you'll want to apply your new vSphere 7 licenses from here: my. Obtain the vCenter Server certificate thumbprint.

For information about how to obtain and verify the certificate thumbprint, see Obtain vSphere Certificate Thumbprints. The system on which you run the script is running awk. Enter the user name and password for the vCenter Server administrator account.