Hi Guys,
I am in a process to upgrade my vSphere5.0 to 5.1 but before that I would like to migrate my vCenter5.0 (VM on the vSphere5 cluster) to physical server. I know there is no direct upgrade from virtual to physical server, so I have to migrate virtual to physical with the same version5 and then upgrade vCenter5.0 to 5.1 on the physical server. Please could help with the steps and the questions below:
1. Build target server with same OS (win2008r2 std x64, 2x partition 1 for OS and 1 for vCenter database)
2. Stop vCenter services and backup vCenter config using data migration tool (vCenter5.0). Does DMT backup include ADAM database as well? if not whats the best way to migrate ADAM databse?
3. Backup SQL database
4. Create DSN connection on the target server
5. Copy Data Migration.zip to target server
6. Run install.bat and follow the wizard, can I install the data to different location like 2nd partition or it has to be on the same location as on source
7. Restore SQL database
8. Restart target vCenter
Any help will be appreciated!
Thanks,
S