TAM Lab 102 - vSphere 7.x Planning and Upgrade Process
Join TAMs Troy Santoro and Reza Namin as they walk through considerations, pre-checks, upgrades, and post-upgrade activities for moving from vSphere 6.x to 7.0!
Links from Session:
vSphere 7 Upgrade Best Practice (KB 78205) - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/78205
Example Upgrade Paths from vCenter Server 6.5 and 6.7 to vCenter Server 7.0 - https://via.vmw.com/EVYs
Partner-supplied customer ISOs may result in a dependency failure - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/78487
VMware Compatibility Guide - Systems/Servers - https://via.vmw.com/EVYt
VMware Compatibility Guide - Storage/SAN - https://via.vmw.com/EVYu
VMware Compatibility Guide - WebClient Plug-In - https://via.vmw.com/EVYv
Change the Password and Password Expiration Settings of the Root User - https://via.vmw.com/EVYw
Resetting root password in vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 / 6.7 / 7.x (KB 2147144) - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2147144
Firstboot fails when upgrading vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 and vCenter Server 7.x due to time synchronization issue (KB 57085) - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/57085
Monitor and prevent vCenter Appliance disks from filling (KB 82351) - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/82351
vCenter Server Appliance disk space is full (KB 76563) - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/76563
vROps - Core Dashboard (vCenter and vROps Monitoring) - http://www.vmignite.com/2020/04/vrops...
Upgrade to 7.0U2 fails at Stage 2 within UI installer with error The source disk '/' is too small to fit the export requirements. (KB 83540) - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/83540
Upgrading Host Profiles in a vCenter Server Environment with Stateful ESXi 6.0, 6.5, and 6.7 Hosts - https://via.vmw.com/EVYy
Recommended Host Profiles Upgrade Workflows - https://via.vmw.com/EVYz
"Source vCenter Server has unsupported version of host profile" error while upgrading vCenter Server (KB 52932) - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/52932
About vSphere Host Profiles - https://via.vmw.com/EVY0
Moving from a Deprecated to a Supported vCenter Server Deployment Topology Before Upgrade or Migration - https://via.vmw.com/EVY2
Determining replication agreements and status with the Platform Services Controller(PSC) 6.x (KB 2127057) - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2127057
Process to view the List of Services Registered with Single Sign-On (KB 2043509) - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2043509
Monitoring vSAN Health - https://via.vmw.com/EVY3
How to Upgrade or Downgrade License Keys in Customer Connect with troubleshooting steps (KB 81665) - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/81665