Installer will connect now to the ESXi server. For next step we need to choose the deployment size. You can see the resources allocated for different deployment sizes. In my case I chose Tiny deployment with a default storage size. Select on which ESXi datastore you want to deploy the appliance. You have also the option to enable thin disk mode useful if you have severe storage constraints, in a lab environment for example.
Last option allows you to configure a new vSAN cluster and deploy the appliance on this cluster. I will not treat vSAN deployment in this article. We need now to configure networking details. Pay attention to the system name you will not be able to change it afterwards.
Read more on DNS requirements. Duration depends of a lot of factors network bandwidth and latency between components, storage type and contention, etc. First stage is now complete. We have the appliance ready and powered-on on the target ESXi server. To move to the second stage, click Continue. Choose time synchronization mode. Second option is about enabling SSH. You can change both options later in appliance console. Choose your domain name, password and the site name. You cannot change the SSO administrator username.
We see a warning now. Once started, we will not be able to pause or stop the installation process. Click OK. If you want to make sure you run the latest vCenter Server Appliance version or if you want to plan the update, check this article: How to Update vCenter Server Appliance to 6.
The ISO file located on my hard drive. You may find it easy. Yes, sure, but the guy who's job VMware Expert, must be able to follow this too… I'm always thinking about those guys. They need a hand and we should not leave them in the dark…. And you'll see a new message saying that you have Available updates.
Those updates come from ISO as a source and that a reboot is required. So far so good. We're almost there … The patching is pretty fast and in about 2 minutes time we have another message saying that the Packages upgraded successfully, a reboot is required to complete the installation. You're done. After reboot, you can login back to the WAMI interface and check the version. It should show the latest release ….
Note that this process is kind of a standard now for VMware VCSA, but as the patches will get updated, you'll obviously see another version releases here. I have also recorded a very quick video detailing the steps.
Please watch in Full Screen HD. It's a p video. Note that vCenter 6. The steps above gives you enough information to find your way through to update to 6.
Connect on: Facebook. Feel free to network via Twitter vladan. If deployed vCenter HA including vCenter peer and vCenter witness nodes ,are they followed above step to deploy the patch per nodes? Or deployed primary vCenter node only?
After patching to 6.
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