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<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">vCenter notes</span></span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:18, 19 December 2020</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker">&#160;</td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td> <td class="diff-marker">&#160;</td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker">&#160;</td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==vCenter notes==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker">&#160;</td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==vCenter notes==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty">&#160;</td> <td class="diff-marker">+</td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Verified that the hardware of the 3 servers hosts are listed on VMware compatibility list for 7.0U1. 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<p>Created page with &quot;This page contains notes on the version upgrade performed on the virtual infrastructure. Specifically: * vCenter - 6.5 to 7.0.1 * ESXi 6.5.0 to 7.0U3 ==vCenter notes== * Ver...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>This page contains notes on the version upgrade performed on the virtual infrastructure. Specifically:<br /> <br /> * vCenter - 6.5 to 7.0.1<br /> * ESXi 6.5.0 to 7.0U3<br /> <br /> ==vCenter notes==<br /> * Verified current server hardware listed on VMware compatibility list for 7.0U1.<br /> * vCenter upgraded using UI installer on lab-pc. In-place upgrade performed.<br /> * Pre-check error was produced initially: NTP of vCenter had old domain controllers. Had to edit /etc/ntp.conf in command line (start bash in vsphere-cli on the appliance, edit with vi).<br /> * VCSA virtual disk is thin-provisioned.<br /> <br /> ==Other notes==<br /> * Wiki on smithers redirected to owl, article differential migrated manually.<br /> * Smithers VM RAM allotment resized to 8GB from 16GB.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category: Virtualization]]</div>

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